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comment by Cumol
Cumol  ·  3412 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Where Is America's Real Youth Rebellion?

Who do they vote for? All I see is pest and cholera





mk  ·  3412 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Vote in the direction you'd like to see things move. The center can be pulled, as the Tea Party illustrates. Especially in primaries. Then vote your conscience on local issues and referendum.

OftenBen  ·  3412 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What you're saying, with regards to the US, is essentially vote Democrat no matter what, because very rarely is a Republican option for anything over city council a rational choice.

Get shot in the foot or the hand, take your pick.

mk  ·  3412 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Assuming that most millennials lean left (which they do), then yes, vote Democratic, or Green. But don't discount the primaries. That's where the Tea Party has moved the dial most effectively. If all millennials voted, Dems would be falling over themselves to demonstrate their liberal credentials. Elections are an evolutionary process. Votes are environmental pressure.

OftenBen  ·  3412 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As long as there are republicans there is no reason for the democratics to change. They will be the lesser of two evils until. Quite a large portion of the existing republican voter base dies off.

user-inactivated  ·  3412 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't think it'd happen in one election cycle, but if you change the political landscape of your local or state government than you'd be picking people that you felt were honest or educated to hopefully become career politicians. Fuck if I know who ran in my city/state this year though, so I don't know what the canidates looked like.