2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhat do you mean? Are you saying that I have to
go to some tired place and put marks on a ballot? No. Really? I don't have time for that shit. Why can't I vote for Bernie or whatever with a text? That sucks. Really...
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)MineralMan
(146,336 posts)You would not believe the excuses I've heard for not bothering to register and vote. This is just another one. If you don't think there are people who feel this way, you're wrong.
MineralMan
(146,336 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)MineralMan
(146,336 posts)Why do you ask?
Sometimes I feel good. Other times, I feel like being 70 years old sucks. Mostly, though, I'm doing OK.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)In fact, you and many other Clinton supporters seem to be actively hoping young people stay home. Which is especially puzzling, since this is the age group where most of that vaunted diversity in the party is located.
Interesting.
let me guess - you're white, too.
MineralMan
(146,336 posts)for Hillary at the Minnesota caucuses. They're friends of mine. You are incorrect. I also know some millennials who aren't interested in any voting or registration to vote. I talk to them every election year.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Nothing gets an 18 year fired up to register more than a septuagenarian white dude calling them lazy and worthless!
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)The "get off my lawn you whippersnappers" contingent is rapidly escalating.
Snotcicles
(9,089 posts)beaglelover
(3,495 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)If she gets the nomination, she'll need those votes. I guarantee you the attitude toward them will do a complete 180 here if that happens.
LostOne4Ever
(9,290 posts)Note to Jury:[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal] I am sorry, I couldn't help myself.[/font]
MineralMan
(146,336 posts)I prefer yelling at clueless people who don't get it.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)Because I like yelling at them, too.
sadoldgirl
(3,431 posts)in the upcoming elections. The problem arises
afterwards. It needs new and energetic blood
to change the party, and that means work as
well as bodies on the ground and in the meetings.
Should Bernie lose, he will still use a megaphone
to keep his supporters active. At least that is my
hope. And yes, the party has to change for it to
survive at all.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)Hint: We do, if we want to win. So maybe insulting them isn't the smartest thing to do.
47of74
(18,470 posts)- A paraphrase of a quote from The Clouds by Aristophanes.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)jeff47
(26,549 posts)BainsBane
(53,075 posts)cause they are engaged in a conspiracy to get Clinton elected.
murielm99
(30,775 posts)ten votes per device, from home, like "American Idol," or "Dancing with the Stars," they would do it.
Or, maybe they could register people while they wait in long lines at Walmart, because Walmart is too cheap to hire enough checkers. They probably still wouldn't show up to vote, unless there was free pizza and burgers.
aidbo
(2,328 posts)It's funny because of stereotypes!
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)No Oregonian is forced to go to some polling place for inspection, nor Washingtonians. Californians can if they want to but most of them don't because who the fuck wants to stand in line?
We vote at home, like citizens.
tkmorris
(11,138 posts)Dude, ease up on insulting younger generations, mmk? The sideways swipe at Bernie supporters was kind of declassé as well.
m-lekktor
(3,675 posts)beaglelover
(3,495 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)That sucks.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Do you have any proof the Utes don't actually go down and vote?
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)1) ruined the country
2) Drained all the entitlement funds
3) are staying in all the good jobs
4) are too selfish to worry about others,
and on and on ad nauseum.
And all of this age division joins and is part of the class division, color division, and language division that the 1% need to keep the bottom 99% from realizing that this system of cancerous and ever expanding capitalism was never designed or intended to improve everyone' lives.
I am definitely not accusing Mineral Man of dividing people, but the GOP is constantly trying to do this. I think that MM is pointing out what seems to be a general lack of involvement/interest in electoral politics on the part of a segment of the younger people. It is up to the candidates, and the Parties, and sites like DU to remind people of the stakes in every election. If it takes different tactics with the younger crowd than the effort must be made.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,887 posts)are too lazy to get out and actually vote for him. So instead they're just standing around on your lawn waiting for you to yell at them to get off it. Or better yet, text them.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)LWolf
(46,179 posts)from my comfy arm chair, with a cup of something good and a fire in the stove.
Then I'll stick a stamp on it and mail it, a couple of weeks before election day.
That's the way I like to vote. I don't have to deal with travel, parking, lines, booths, or polling machines and devices. Just me, all curled up, a black pen, and a stamp.
I'm sure the younger generation would text their vote if they could, lol.
The important thing is that they'll vote.