jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoYoung voters are moving toward Harris and feeling less ‘meh’ about votingwww.semafor.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1774arrow-down113
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minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoMore like being popular with a demographic who doesn’t show up to vote hasn’t historically been a good way to win elections. If they actually show up this time, awesome.
minus-squareZaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoBiden literally won in 2020 with strong youth turnout while Clinton lost in 2016 with a weak one. Historically, youth turnout is extremely important for Democrats, and people continually dismissing their value will only harm that effort. https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/half-youth-voted-2020-11-point-increase-2016
More like being popular with a demographic who doesn’t show up to vote hasn’t historically been a good way to win elections.
If they actually show up this time, awesome.
Biden literally won in 2020 with strong youth turnout while Clinton lost in 2016 with a weak one. Historically, youth turnout is extremely important for Democrats, and people continually dismissing their value will only harm that effort.
https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/half-youth-voted-2020-11-point-increase-2016