Democratic Primaries

angrychair

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16. Old thinking

Mon May 13, 2019, 07:52 AM

May 2019

In 2018, a significant portion of voters was between 18-29. In fact the largest midterm turnout in over 25 yrs for 18-29 yr olds.

It was a 79% increase from 2014.

Gen Z and Millennials are the future.

Your way of thinking appeals to old, primarily white, primarily straight, primarily Christian, primarily coal mining voters (that demo is significantly less than 1% of population)

This is math on who is the future of the Democratic Party:

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/04/behind-2018-united-states-midterm-election-turnout.html

We have to figure out how to appeal to these people because they will be running the world.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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What Joe Biden Is Teaching Democrats About Democrats [View all] RandySF May 2019 OP

Fascinating article. I like this summary: CaliforniaPeggy May 2019 #1

+1 honest.abe May 2019 #10

Amen. The intelligentsia are becoming increasingly... Kahuna7 May 2019 #13

People like to pretend that a large swath of the Democratic Party isn't made up of madville May 2019 #2

Actually poor assumptions angrychair May 2019 #5

they may be the minority of people dsc May 2019 #8

Old thinking angrychair May 2019 #16

It was a huge increase on a small number dsc May 2019 #19

Not really the point angrychair May 2019 #21

no matter who is rising, the people voting now (or more accurately in one year) dsc May 2019 #23

Ok angrychair May 2019 #24

By the time they are running the world, they will be old, too. MH1 May 2019 #20

Again, old thinking angrychair May 2019 #22

Or another way to put it, Playing Not to Lose is Not Playing to Win. n/t MarcA May 2019 #29

Thank you! True Blue American May 2019 #7

👏 👍👍 Duppers May 2019 #3

"..From relic to Runaway.. "! Stranger Cha May 2019 #4

yup. EveHammond13 May 2019 #6

"a chasm between perception and reality" honest.abe May 2019 #9

Geez, I know the right thing is to walk away and not say anything, Baitball Blogger May 2019 #11

No, the right thing is what you have said. Many in MSM and $$$ MarcA May 2019 #30

Biden would have been an easy winner in 2016, but same democratice intelligentsia beachbum bob May 2019 #12

I really get tired of hearing this bullshit dsc May 2019 #14

+1 oasis May 2019 #15

You are correct. Biden would have been sitting in the WH as we speak mtnsnake May 2019 #17

The so called intellegentia LibFarmer May 2019 #18

K&R highplainsdem May 2019 #25

"A movement ahead of its time" saidsimplesimon May 2019 #26

Wow, what a great article. It is all true. Demsrule86 May 2019 #27

From Political Wire Gothmog May 2019 #28