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    Ahhh, shitting on the most disenfranchised age segment on our country. Surely, shitting on them will make them vote and feel good about doing it.

    Maybe celebrate the fact that they’re even willing to still try to participate, before talking shit regarding an election that hasn’t even happened yet?

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        Empathy and understanding may improve those stats in your favor, rather than whatever it is you’re doing right now. Telling zoomers and millennials that they won’t vote before you even give them a chance probably won’t motivate them to vote.

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          You are making assumptions of what I’m “doing” based on who you want me to be for some online argument. You don’t know me.

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            No, I’m not making assumptions. You did that by automatically assuming young people wouldn’t vote. I even said “whatever it is that you’re doing” in my last comment. Does that sound like an assumption to you?

            I don’t care who you are. Your original attitude will not cause the younger vote to want to turn out. You are working against your interests (that is, if you want the dems to win, in which case, sure, I assumed that is what you wanted).

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              Statistics show that range is less likely to vote. It’s not saying anything other than that or making any assumptions as to why.

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                Statistics are trending in the other direction. Why not talk about that instead of demoralizing the young voter base any further?

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                  Why not just supply information on the contrary, instead of carrying on with insults?

                  Because you like to fight more than you like to defend the young voters.

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                    Can you point me to the insult, please?

                    You seem to be missing my point. I don’t care about you enough to argue with you. You aren’t going to get young people on your side by telling them that they’re the problem. Do you not want to improve these stats you keep bringing up? Apparently not, but if you did actually care about that, you’d have more empathy and understanding rather than just saying that young people aren’t going to vote.

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                  Here,

                  1. 18-24 years old • Voter turnout: Approximately 51.4% • Population: 9.5%
                  2. 25-34 years old • Voter turnout: Approximately 57% • Population: 13.5%
                  3. 35-44 years old • Voter turnout: Approximately 63% • Population: 12.5%
                  4. 45-54 years old • Voter turnout: Approximately 67% • Population: 12.8%
                  5. 55-64 years old • Voter turnout: Approximately 72% • Population: 12.6%
                  6. 65-74 years old • Voter turnout: Approximately 76% • Population: 10%
                  7. 75 and older • Voter turnout: Approximately 70% • Population: 6.4%

                  Edit:

                  Here are the percentages of 18-34 year olds who voted by year over the past 20 years:

                  •	2004: 47.9%
                  •	2006: 24.0%
                  •	2008: 51.1%
                  •	2010: 20.4%
                  •	2012: 45.0%
                  •	2014: 19.9%
                  •	2016: 50.0%
                  •	2018: 30.1%
                  •	2020: 57.3%
                  •	2022: 27.5%