Biden may have had an irreparable rift with young voters. Some who were turned off by him are more interested in Harris, though issues including Gaza remain sticking points.
  • scarabine@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
    181·
    3 months ago

    For anyone seeking broader context, this article was written and published about Wisconsin before a rally which, by all accounts, had a ridiculous showing of young voters.

    It also sits buried somewhere far past the election front page, which, a day later, is full of similar stories about record upping voter attendance. Here’s a link https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-presidential-election

    Young voters are a notoriously hard demographic, and they don’t pay off to court, not usually. They almost never seem to actually turn up to vote. That’s always going to be a tough problem to solve.

    But this article is digging, it really is. And it’s in bad faith.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      3 months ago

      Young voters are a notoriously hard demographic, and they don’t pay off to court, not usually.

      At least that’s the argument for why the party only tries to court boomers and Republicans.

      • scarabine@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
        21·
        3 months ago

        I agree that it’s a stupid reason not to even try, yeah. But unfortunately it bears out, like it’s one of the reasons why Bernie didn’t do well in the 2016 primaries. His support in younger demographics was striking, but their primary vote attendance was not.

        I think the problem is voter suppression, though, and not the voters fault. Making it harder to vote hits younger people directly. Making it easier to do via mail would probably change that dynamic completely.

        • Socialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldOP
          19·
          3 months ago

          Making it easier to do via mail would probably change that dynamic completely.

          You think young people do mail? I don’t. And that won’t change things completely. Secure online voting would, but ugh, sooo many problems with that.

          But I don’t think young people are gonna do any better with mailing than they do now.

          • scarabine@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
            11·
            3 months ago

            Yeah I’m reaching with the mail thing. Only because I’ve seen decent results with it. But, not great - Oregon is still just 62% turnout or so and I don’t think they’re sporting better than average young vote numbers.