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Eugene

(61,914 posts)
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 01:17 PM Apr 2016

Billionaire green donor launches U.S. millennial voter drive

Source: Reuters

Billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer's super PAC launched a $25 million youth voter drive on Monday in seven political battleground states to help elect candidates that champion climate change policies in November's general election.

Steyer's NextGen Climate super PAC, a political group that raises funds to boost candidates with strong environmental platforms, said the campaign aims to boost turnout of millennials, who have become one of the largest potential voter groups.

In the lead-up to the November general election, NextGen will deploy hundreds of organizers across over 200 colleges to register young voters and facilitate on-campus voting.

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Those states are Pennsylvania, Iowa, Ohio, New Hampshire, Nevada, Illinois and Colorado.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-climatechange-idUSKCN0XM1XX



Mon Apr 25, 2016 12:44pm EDT
WASHINGTON | BY VALERIE VOLCOVICI
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Billionaire green donor launches U.S. millennial voter drive (Original Post) Eugene Apr 2016 OP
Just about one year late. FlatBaroque Apr 2016 #1
Nope. Right on time. MH1 Apr 2016 #2
Why do I think this is just a little bit intentional.... Chakaconcarne Apr 2016 #5
I noticed that he had given $17 Blue Meany Apr 2016 #3
If they vote for Hillary, what's the use? JDPriestly Apr 2016 #4
VOTE FOR BERNIE! SammyWinstonJack Apr 2016 #7
do you really think it's a primary voter drive? maxsolomon Apr 2016 #13
There is only 1 candidate in the race who cares about the enviroment. onecaliberal Apr 2016 #6
Who would that be? jmowreader Apr 2016 #8
And Clinton only cares RoccoR5955 Apr 2016 #9
Sander cares about POOR people, and those who have been forgotten. The working poor onecaliberal Apr 2016 #11
So I take it you're staying home in November? jmowreader Apr 2016 #12
You would be wrong. Nice smears you got there. That's why your candidate will lose. onecaliberal Apr 2016 #15
"Sounded like", Plucketeer Apr 2016 #16
"hiding behind the mantle" Skittles Apr 2016 #19
and there are zero candidates in the race that will do fuck all about it maxsolomon Apr 2016 #14
Short-term thinking. Igel Apr 2016 #17
Good Lord. onecaliberal Apr 2016 #18
Let's hope that some of the candidates this helps Eric J in MN Apr 2016 #10

Chakaconcarne

(2,457 posts)
5. Why do I think this is just a little bit intentional....
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 02:44 PM
Apr 2016

To do this now.....

I'll take it for sure...but doing this a year ago would have brought in more voters for Bernie.

 

Blue Meany

(1,947 posts)
3. I noticed that he had given $17
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 02:02 PM
Apr 2016

Climate Action Committee last year, but the only money spend has been to American Bridge, one of David Brock's PACs. I presumed he was holding off for the general election, but it is nice to know that Dems still do voter registration.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
4. If they vote for Hillary, what's the use?
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 02:38 PM
Apr 2016

We need to get millennials out now to vote for Bernie.

Bernie knows how our Congress works Been in both houses, first the House then the Senate since 1992. I repeat that. Since 1992. Continuously with no breaks.

Bernie served on the Veterans' Committee. We all know that.

But did you know that in the House Bernie served on the Banking Committee and that William K. Black, the guy that threw the S&L cheats in jail and cleaned up the S&Ls and Galbraith are two of Bernie's advisors. They will make sure that he really does break up the banks and legally.

And do you know that Bernie has served on the Budget Committee. He knows where the money is wasted. If you want a president who will cut the waste out of our government, vote for Bernie. He knows where the waste is and how to get rid of it. He knows the members of Congress.

The last time we had a current member of Congress in the White House was, I believe, Lyndon Johnson. And if you don't include the Viet Nam War, he did a lot of good for our country including signing Medicare and the Civil Rights Acts.

Vote for the person who understands the system and knows where the money is hiding.

Vote for Bernie.

No point in getting out the vote for any other candidate for president. Because no one else really understands how to work in Congress. And that is where the laws are decided.

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
13. do you really think it's a primary voter drive?
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:25 PM
Apr 2016

or for the general? it's a little late for the primaries since they're half over. and the explicit purpose is CLIMATE CHANGE.

but make sure you hijack this thread with your purity tests - I'm sure you're changing minds right and left.

jmowreader

(50,561 posts)
8. Who would that be?
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 03:48 PM
Apr 2016

Sanders only cares about taxing the rich and breaking up banks, Trump only cares about isolationism, Cruz about dominionism, and no one knows what the hell Kasich likes...hmmm...you must be a Hillary voter.

onecaliberal

(32,874 posts)
11. Sander cares about POOR people, and those who have been forgotten. The working poor
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:05 PM
Apr 2016

who have 3 jobs and still can't get by or feed their children. He cares about students who are going bankrupt to get an education, who will never have homes, he cares about veterans who get sent away to war and then screwed over when they return.

You're republican narrative about Senator Sanders, might work for you, but it's factually INCORRECT. Get it straight.

Edit to add: Hell will freeze before I vote for a candidate bought off by big oil. Just saying.....

jmowreader

(50,561 posts)
12. So I take it you're staying home in November?
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:20 PM
Apr 2016
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/select-industries.php?ind=E01&type=f&src=a

Donations from oil and gas interests:
Hillary Clinton: $333,262
Bernie Sanders: $53,760

And let's talk about how Sanders dealt with the VA scandal when it broke:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/05/the-veterans-scandal-on-bernie-sanders-s-watch.html

“We feel that he did not live up to his responsibilities as SVAC chairman to provide oversight into this. He keeps hiding behind the mantle [of the title]. And yes, he did pass the $15 billion piece of legislation, but that’s… akin to closing the barn door after the chickens have escaped,” said Matthew Miller, the chief policy officer of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.


The only thing I'm positive Bernie Sanders cares about is Bernie Sanders. Everything and everyone else gets help from him if it benefits him.

onecaliberal

(32,874 posts)
15. You would be wrong. Nice smears you got there. That's why your candidate will lose.
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:36 PM
Apr 2016

That and 67% think she's a liar.

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
16. "Sounded like",
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:37 PM
Apr 2016

"We feel", "Akin to" These aren't terms of factual certainty - these are terminology of OPINIONS.

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
14. and there are zero candidates in the race that will do fuck all about it
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:27 PM
Apr 2016

because the GOP will control the house come 2017.

Igel

(35,323 posts)
17. Short-term thinking.
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 09:33 PM
Apr 2016

Apres moi--or lui, in this case--la deluge.

No, there are a lot of offices, a lot of senators and representatives at the federal and state level. It's not just all about the One Man. and about "the race." There are many races.

Either (D) would be better for the (E) than either (R), I think would be a perfectly reasonable argument. But it would require looking past the One Man or the One Woman and having a long view--which in this case means "5 months". (I seldom think of 5 months as the long view unless I'm pondering what's for dinner. Today. Then again, I'm over 50. For those under 20, the "long view" typically means "not this weekend, but next week", and truly long term planning is buying your ticket for the May prom in March.)

onecaliberal

(32,874 posts)
18. Good Lord.
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 09:40 PM
Apr 2016

Spare me your one man crap, he's the only environmentally friendly candidate running for president. Stop twisting my words, no one said he's the only one who will do anything, I said there is only 1 candidate running for POTUS who cares about the environment. Do you have problems with comprehension?

Eric J in MN

(35,619 posts)
10. Let's hope that some of the candidates this helps
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 04:28 PM
Apr 2016

...support a carbon tax and oppose fracking & MTBE.

Like Bernie Sanders does, and Hillary Clinton doesn't.

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