Young voters are being given really shitty choices.
this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2023
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Doesn't matter, over half won't be voting. Even less than normal if GOP state legislatures do away with mail in ballots or automatic mailed request forms from COVID times.
The less people who vote the more elections Republicans win.
Make sure your friends go vote (unless they’re trumpeter assholes maybe, then don’t talk about it).
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I wonder when this magical time was where voting for the president had great choices. What many young voters fail to understand is that it’s not all about the president. Get enough Democrats into Congress, and they will be able to vote for progressive legislation, and if you send that to your far-from-ideal president’s desk, they’ll sign it.
It's certainly a much easier task than having an awesome progressive president who begs a near 50-50 Congress to pass good bills, and it just doesn’t happen.
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Which is why republicans are trying so hard to push the idea of not being able to vote until you're much older.
cause they want to cut off the youth vote, because they'd rather disenfranchise tens of millions and get rid of democracy than risk having to change their positions.
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Well it's hardly surprising.
It's like preferring a slice of unbuttered slightly stale bread, to a literal dogshit on a stick, being waved around by others with shit all over their faces, knowing that if they eat enough, you'll have to eat double.
I hear ya. So many would literally eat a shit sandwich if it meant a liberal had to smell their breath.
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I don't particularly prefer Biden, but he's much more preferable than these crazy nazi Republicans running against him
I can vote with my heart in the primary.
I'll vote to win in the general.
Every week it’s a different poll with a different result and a different headline. All I’m learning is that these polls are meaningless.
Not all polls are meaningless. But there are a ton of meaningless polls that get an inordinate amount of attention. And I believe the overall goal of that is to make people think they're all meaningless.
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ITT: right wing Poe's law trolls pretending to be leftists.
Noooo russianpsyop.org told me young people hate Biden now, don't bother voting!
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Wait, just yesterday young voters didn’t like Biden? I’m beginning to think that maybe the news is all made up 🤪
Still true, no one likes Biden. The alternative just happens to be an evil dictator.
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I prefer getting a finger cut off, as opposed to an arm.
Doesn't mean I want to lose my finger.
Regardless of how you feel about the candidates the important thing is to actually vote. Going around and saying "well they both suck" doesn't help anyone.
Not voting then getting the greater of two evils from your perspective is your own fault.
Always vote, even if the news or anyone else tells you the candidate you want is a sure thing, vote even if the candidate you don't want seems like a shoe-in.
Hillary vs trump was the first election in which I could vote, but I refrained on account of not wanting to vote for a giant douche or a shit sandwich. I will never make that mistake again...
I'm not a Biden fan, but I voted for him last election and will eagerly do so again this next cycle.
I also want to point out that the gap between the "lesser of two evils" has turned into the Grand fucking Canyon following trump's attempts to overthrow our government to remain in power, and platforming on literal fascism...
It's a vote for democracy or neonazi fascism. Period.
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In an ideal world, maybe the votes would be weighed by the expected remaining life span of the voter.
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Young people prefer Joe over the guy LITERALLY ADVERTISING TYRANNY AS A FEATURE? What a fucking surprise.
If that's the case, hopefully they get out and vote.
"Prefer" doing a lot of work here
That’s cool, as long as they actually follow through and vote when the time comes.
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Well well well. Looks like we finally got a poll that wasn't conducted by people calling a boomer's landline at 2pm.
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But would they vote? Young Americans historically have low voter turnout. Problem with youths is that we're all talk and no action.
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The kids are alright. Aint nobody younger than 50 who isn't a complete chud falling for that shit again.
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