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The youth vote is exceeding expectations (Original Post) Clash City Rocker Nov 2024 OP
Holy Crap Beetwasher. Nov 2024 #1
don't get it, sorry what does 40% signify msongs Nov 2024 #2
40% more young people have voted than they would have expected Clash City Rocker Nov 2024 #3
ok thanks. good news then especially if it is kept up on nov 5th nt msongs Nov 2024 #4
What are the expectations set against? Mr.WeRP Nov 2024 #29
WOW -- We are not going back JT45242 Nov 2024 #5
He added a few more stats. sheshe2 Nov 2024 #6
WOW, what is happening in PA. .. nt DontBelieveEastisEas Nov 2024 #13
They don't really have early voting in PA Chasing Dreams Nov 2024 #16
Also early voting is very limited in PA osaMABUSh Nov 2024 #21
Woo hoo! LFG, NC!! littlemissmartypants Nov 2024 #14
IKR? sheshe2 Nov 2024 #18
Is part of this the T-Swizzle vote? Botany Nov 2024 #22
At least Faux pas Nov 2024 #7
Up 255% in Mi? WOW. I know they wont ALL be "D" but I'd hope most are oldsoftie Nov 2024 #8
What is the source for these stats? Raven123 Nov 2024 #9
Really these are mean less without more context. frogstar0 Nov 2024 #11
The source is mentioned in the OP. Ages are mentioned in post #6. PortTack Nov 2024 #17
Still don't see a source. Just a name making a claim. Raven123 Nov 2024 #23
I guarantee they aren't being polled. Klarkashton Nov 2024 #10
does that include the incel vote? pstokely Nov 2024 #12
Yeah! PortTack Nov 2024 #15
They have a huge stake in this election. Biophilic Nov 2024 #19
I hope its not a wave of radicalized youth... Bobstandard Nov 2024 #20
Generation Z... GB_RN Nov 2024 #24
Recommended. H2O Man Nov 2024 #25
They've been screwing that generation for years. Grumpy Old Guy Nov 2024 #26
Therefore it isn't weighted properly in any polls. Klarkashton Nov 2024 #27
Gen Z'ers FTW! 4lbs Nov 2024 #28
Michigan whoa! flamingdem Nov 2024 #30

JT45242

(3,223 posts)
5. WOW -- We are not going back
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:32 PM
Nov 2024

There may be some reactionary white dudes in there -- but as my sons (18 & 23) say , the idea that TFG and his court would look to undo rights that they think are "duh obvious" [because they are like duh obvious ( gays can marry, abortion is OK< it's not OK to discriminate for gender, sexual identity, trans status etc) ] will lead young people to vote for democrats even if they are upset over how Gaza is being handled or whatever is the current grievance (they keep saying that Biden/Harris are antiMuslim because they haven't stopped the war in GAza). They will not let perfection be the enemy of the good because they know they have two choices -- The felon or the prosecutor that gave overly harsh sentences in California (seriously, they told me they think she was borderline Nazi with how harsh her sentencing was to brown people as DA and AG in Cali).

My generation (Gen X) may have thrown away votes in 2016 that led to the felon winning, but they see TFG and his allies as an existential threat to every girl, gay friend or relative, trans friend or acquaintance.

WE ARE NOT GOING BACK to the 1790's anti immigrant laws or the 1870's anti-sex laws.

sheshe2

(91,044 posts)
6. He added a few more stats.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:33 PM
Nov 2024
For funnsies, some other states:

OH: +80%
TX: +40%
IA: +176%
Battlegrounds avg: +78%


Adding here by sharing turnout numbers amongst 18-29. This is the percentages of young registered voters who've voted so far:

AZ: 18%
GA: 28.2%
MI: 15.4%
NC: 32.1%
NV: 19.1%
PA: 8.6%
WI: 18.1%


Wow!

Chasing Dreams

(525 posts)
16. They don't really have early voting in PA
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 09:10 PM
Nov 2024

It’s old style absentee ballot that you apply for. MOST people don’t do it, except older folks. So disregard PA.

osaMABUSh

(2,198 posts)
21. Also early voting is very limited in PA
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 09:26 PM
Nov 2024

You have got to go to the county seat courthouse to early vote in PA. And hours are very limited In my case, Butler County, it’s a 45 minute for many to Butler city. BTW where Trump was ‘shot’. No way young people are driving there.

Botany

(73,725 posts)
22. Is part of this the T-Swizzle vote?
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 09:45 PM
Nov 2024

Taylor Swift and the Swifties don't come to
play.

 

oldsoftie

(13,538 posts)
8. Up 255% in Mi? WOW. I know they wont ALL be "D" but I'd hope most are
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:38 PM
Nov 2024

Women, the youth & the "silent voter" may pull us across the finish line

frogstar0

(136 posts)
11. Really these are mean less without more context.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 08:47 PM
Nov 2024

What ages? Compared to what ? Expected? By who how etc.

Biophilic

(5,465 posts)
19. They have a huge stake in this election.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 09:15 PM
Nov 2024

I’m 78 with no children. So short of my self and a short life time span I personally don’t have a large stake. Except for what I believe I owe the future. These young are going to have to actually live the results of this election. That’s huge. It’s no wonder they are coming out to vote.

Bobstandard

(1,856 posts)
20. I hope its not a wave of radicalized youth...
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 09:18 PM
Nov 2024

raised up in quirky ‘charter schools’ heavy on fundamentalist ideologies and conservative politics, but way short on critical thinking skills and personal development skills. In short ‘sheeple’ finding virtue and personal validation in alliance to the cause of Trumpism, the kind of kids who can see themselves marching in khakis and polo shirts, gleefully jeering the vanquished libtards.

We better not lose.

(im gonna make a couple more calls)

4lbs

(7,395 posts)
28. Gen Z'ers FTW!
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 11:12 PM
Nov 2024

My "youngins" are makin' me proud.

If they and "womens" win this for Kamala, I'll be Okey-Dokey with that.

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