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I hear this ... (Original Post) sheshe2 Jun 2016 OP
Kids like to go to rallies. nt BootinUp Jun 2016 #1
Not much green bud in a voting booth. teamster633 Jun 2016 #3
Green bud? sheshe2 Jun 2016 #8
be my guess, lol. BootinUp Jun 2016 #14
Cool! sheshe2 Jun 2016 #19
I'm getting old, too. teamster633 Jun 2016 #20
that's it ! puffy socks Jun 2016 #15
Good question, deserves satisfying answer... AuntPatsy Jun 2016 #2
Anarchists don't vote. DURHAM D Jun 2016 #4
I know someone who is going to the rally Ellen Forradalom Jun 2016 #5
Voting is hard, after you've been screaming at a 10k 20k....100k rally, doncha know? Tarheel_Dem Jun 2016 #6
Lol~ sheshe2 Jun 2016 #12
"Wait, when's election day?" "Where's the app for that?" bluestateguy Jun 2016 #7
Internet!!!!! sheshe2 Jun 2016 #21
No, no. Internet is so 90's and 2000's. bluestateguy Jun 2016 #25
Which rallies are these? puffy socks Jun 2016 #9
Agreed caquillo Jun 2016 #16
I think that many of those at the rallies have no clue about how elections work. Until the upaloopa Jun 2016 #10
I'm a college student, with lots of friends who are Bernie supporters. One group of friends has been anotherproletariat Jun 2016 #11
Are you open to them about your support for Shillary? caquillo Jun 2016 #22
Yes, at my school (in NYC) most of my friends are Hillary supporters. At home in the bay area for anotherproletariat Jun 2016 #33
lol! Her Sister Jun 2016 #38
I wondered if some of them were the same kids at different rallies. DLCWIdem Jun 2016 #30
I don't like to go to rallies - OhZone Jun 2016 #13
Vote or Die~ sheshe2 Jun 2016 #18
It's a social event and young people find voting hard, they have actually do beachbumbob Jun 2016 #17
Morale of the story, big rallies doesn't mean big vote turn out. Thinkingabout Jun 2016 #23
Nate Silver/538 agrees with that. nt fleabiscuit Jun 2016 #27
No comment. William769 Jun 2016 #24
Going to a rally where there is a lot of excitement requires a different type of commitment Agnosticsherbet Jun 2016 #26
Who doesn't want to see the Dave Matthews Band for free? redstateblues Jun 2016 #28
Good question. Kath1 Jun 2016 #29
Yup. ;( sheshe2 Jun 2016 #31
They're going to rallies instead of figuring out how to vote. NYC Liberal Jun 2016 #32
Nailed it! sheshe2 Jun 2016 #34
Rallying is all about being with your friends and "looking cool" for being at the rally. BobbyDrake Jun 2016 #35
They go to rallys, we go to the polls Coolest Ranger Jun 2016 #36
Hi, CR. sheshe2 Jun 2016 #39
Here's a sensible explanation MBS Jun 2016 #37
Hillary has run a deliberately more intimate campaign ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #40

teamster633

(2,032 posts)
20. I'm getting old, too.
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 09:28 PM
Jun 2016

That's what we used to call good pot. Now that it's been commoditized I'm sure it's got some Starbuckian names.

bluestateguy

(44,173 posts)
25. No, no. Internet is so 90's and 2000's.
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 11:12 PM
Jun 2016

This is the 2010's. If there is not an app for it, it's retro and old-fashioned.

 

puffy socks

(1,473 posts)
9. Which rallies are these?
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 09:14 PM
Jun 2016

Half of these kids aren't going to rallies to vote they're going for the party atmosphere otherwise he'd have the votes...either that or they are totally unimpressed with him and leave believing the old man has lost his mind and either vote for Hillary or stay home and play video games in their parent's basement .

caquillo

(521 posts)
16. Agreed
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 09:18 PM
Jun 2016

The rallies (to these kids) are mainly to party and fraternize. 'Bernie Sanders' is merely the latest fad. By next year, they'll have moved on to something/-one else. That's why the reasonable ones among us didn't give the nomination to the flash in the pan.

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
10. I think that many of those at the rallies have no clue about how elections work. Until the
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 09:14 PM
Jun 2016

"revolution" they had no interest in politics. Bernie promises them the world yet doesn't explain how you have to go about getting there.
He's a guy who has been in congress for 24 years with little to show for it.


Bernie went for campuses were he could get large crowds and ignored us older people and people of color. So he gets a large group of one voting block with not a good record of voting. That's why he lost.

 

anotherproletariat

(1,446 posts)
11. I'm a college student, with lots of friends who are Bernie supporters. One group of friends has been
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 09:16 PM
Jun 2016

to 4 different rally's in the past week. I think many in his crowd are the same people over and over again.

 

anotherproletariat

(1,446 posts)
33. Yes, at my school (in NYC) most of my friends are Hillary supporters. At home in the bay area for
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 11:39 PM
Jun 2016

summer, and my old high school friends are about 40% Sanders, 30% Hillary, and 30% uninterested. The problem with many is that they have finals next week, and several have said that they will vote "if they can".

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
17. It's a social event and young people find voting hard, they have actually do
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 09:19 PM
Jun 2016

Something like register or stand in line or ask for a mail in ballot and why rallies with Bernie don't translate to votes

NYC Liberal

(20,347 posts)
32. They're going to rallies instead of figuring out how to vote.
Sat Jun 4, 2016, 11:37 PM
Jun 2016

That would explain why just weeks before every election, we've seen a sudden huge influx in the "Wait, I have to REGISTER to vote?! That's fascist!" and "Why don't I get to vote for the Democratic Party nominee even though I've never been a registered Democrat a day in my life?" idiots.

 

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
35. Rallying is all about being with your friends and "looking cool" for being at the rally.
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 05:38 AM
Jun 2016

There's no one to perform for inside the voting booth, so they avoid it like the plague.

ismnotwasm

(42,456 posts)
40. Hillary has run a deliberately more intimate campaign
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 10:56 AM
Jun 2016

She has reached out and talked to voters, listened, addressed very specific concerns. She alsocover the broader concerns.

Sanders, will his huge rallies, addresses a limited group of concerns, the same ones, over and over. It's not that they don't vote, IMO, it's that his people like rallies. There are simply not enough of them to win. They were fooled by the numbers at the rallies into thinking there were.

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