You mean the young people who cannot (or could not) vote because they are under 18?
replyAlso very bold of you to assume voting does much.
(coming from a 22 year old who votes at every federal, state and local election).
People under 40 have much lower voter turnout than people over 40. 75% of 65+ year olds vote. Less than 50% of 18-25 year olds vote. I wasn't referring to children.
replyThe way people voted in the last federal election did a whole lot. Granted, it’s effectively limited to people in swing states.
replyOld people will be the majority for the foreseeable future, though. To be honest, the only strategy that I currently see for young people is waiting and growing old, unfortunately..
replyThis is a well-known affliction of democracy.
replyLogically, it seems insane that people who live on other people's taxes have the right to vote. Officials, public sector employees, and anyone else who receives money from the government rather than contributes to it shouldn't vote.
It's hard to take the "just vote" seriously after the rash of gerrymandering happening in the south. Some elections were even downright cancelled.
replyIt's possible that the gerrymandering will come back to bite them. It doesn't give them more votes, it just spreads them thinner over more seats. Which means if the blue wave is larger than expected a lot of their "safe" seats will suddenly be blue instead.
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