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Silent3

(15,259 posts)
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 04:32 PM Nov 2020

After many previous dashed hopes, who thinks the youth vote is coming through for us this time? [View all]

I do!

That's got to be a big chunk of the record voter turnout we're seeing, and we know young people are leaning Democratic 2 to 1.

My big hope is that the polls we've been seeing model typical young voter turnout, and we're going to get a very pleasant surprise when the real votes come in.

One of the reasons I think young voters are going to turn out this election is because, while they are too often tuned out from politics and find it hard to get interested and involved, Trump has changed that BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ESCAPE TRUMP. Trump makes sure that Trump is always on everybody's mind, whether they want Trump intruding on their brain or not.

Between being sick of Trump's ever-present influence, and how inescapable COVID is in their daily lives, I think young people are more tuned in and motivated than we've seen in a long time.


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