Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Joe Biden is not a Boomer. Just so you know. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)But Redqueen, while turnout for the younger cohorts did increase in 2008, it was still much lower than the older cohorts.
And in 2016 their turnout was disastrously low. With fascism and trumpism taking over the right and threatening the nation, and with the problems severely negatively impacting their lives that had been growing over the past 40 years of conservative domination, their votes were desperately needed. And with all that not nearly enough showed up.
As a grandmother, I can't help wondering if some of those who haven't started voting still just expect their parents to take care of it for them. God knows lifelong liberal voters have always tried. But over the past 40 years of the conservative era we've failed to get power a lot more than succeeded. You know our elections are not evenly stacked; Republicans win with minorities, but Democrats have to have much more than a majority to win. We're always a majority of voters these years, but we have to be a bigger one.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden