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In reply to the discussion: Maine Just Delivered a Brutal Wake-Up Call to Democrats. Will It Land? [View all]
KPN
(17,487 posts)101. I think they don't vote -- or didn't in past elections -- as much as they should because they haven't lived long enough
to take elections seriously. Everything in their life is comparatively new and comparatively exciting. They are immersed in new experience and gobbling it up, having the time of their life. Elections are not what energize them because they are distracted with too many other exciting things to pay much attention to politics. And at that point in life, especially in the 18-21, maybe even into their 25 or 26 years, they haven't directly felt the weight of disadvantages on their own personal lives. Hell, when I was that young, I could live on $50-60 a week without feeling stressed or even uncomfortable. I was resilient, adventurous and starry-eyed. Why would I waste good time worrying about politics?
But things have definitely changed today. We are seeing more young people voting. Because it does more immediately affect them today. Nothing gets attention better than direct impact and harm. That's happening to them today. And things aren't getting better so I'm sure the numbers of young voters will continue to grow -- more than we might expect even.
So, I'm pretty optimistic about our younger people going forward.
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Maine Just Delivered a Brutal Wake-Up Call to Democrats. Will It Land? [View all]
luv2fly
22 hrs ago
OP
if we don't live in Maine, we can't do much about it... still if Platner helps give a Dem Senate, I'll take him
LymphocyteLover
21 hrs ago
#24
And that's OK. We need to stop putting up 79 year olds. It isn't working for us.
Scrivener7
21 hrs ago
#7
Me neither, I guess they think that not voting is making some sort of statement when
Walleye
21 hrs ago
#21
I think they don't vote -- or didn't in past elections -- as much as they should because they haven't lived long enough
KPN
15 hrs ago
#101
All they have to do is make a choice. I don't know what they think they're going to get from it, a pony.
Walleye
15 hrs ago
#99
Not every elderly person is out of touch with the financial difficulties young people face.
Bluepinky
17 hrs ago
#75
Her biggest problem is being a corporate Democrat that always loses to Collins.
biocube
18 hrs ago
#56
Her biggest sin was literally phoning it in while sitting in her den behind a web cam.
Hassin Bin Sober
16 hrs ago
#94
Hartmann could never bring himself to support HRC. Nothing much has changed. nt
pnwmom
15 hrs ago
#110
It didn't help--- but as an elected Democratic officeholder, she also made
Jack Valentino
3 hrs ago
#170
Hopefully, many Maine voters don't "talk the way" he talks, even if they vote for him
displacedvermoter
20 hrs ago
#33
"People are sick and tired of mealy-mouthed corporate Democrats who run on focus-grouped slogans
sop
21 hrs ago
#13
I don't think yelling at our fellow Democrats and calling them. Names is going to work this time.
Walleye
21 hrs ago
#15
Then being surprised when Democratic supporters object to the yelling, name-calling, accusations.
betsuni
15 hrs ago
#113
The "New Affordability Agenda" that's a "genuine populist agenda": those are usual Democratic issues, like Harris 2024.
betsuni
21 hrs ago
#17
Neoliberal is not a left/right descriptor, it is an economic ideology
Fiendish Thingy
20 hrs ago
#43
"The uselessness of 'neoliberal' as an analytic tool is the very thing that makes it useful as a factional
betsuni
17 hrs ago
#76
I would love for someone to show me how Graham Platner has "taken on power."
WhiskeyGrinder
21 hrs ago
#19
He spoke truth to power by running, by talking with the people of Maine
questionseverything
15 hrs ago
#111
It is yet to be determined. I remember when Fetterman was the shinny new object that everyone was "fawning" over.
lostincalifornia
14 hrs ago
#116
I certainly wish we would of known fetterman would be more loyal to Israel than the United States
questionseverything
10 hrs ago
#152
I was skeptical but this interview turned me into a fan. Listening to him rather than people talking ABOUT him does it.
Amaryllis
17 hrs ago
#73
I really liked Jasmine Crockett. She spoke very plainly and her speeches were brief.
LeftInTX
20 hrs ago
#46
I have heard from Roland Martin that her internal infrastructure was lacking.
LeftInTX
16 hrs ago
#95
I've been saying since 2016: we are getting populism whether we want it or not. Better ours than theirs.
Hassin Bin Sober
15 hrs ago
#102
Actually he had a lot to say about the Iraq war and none of it was good.Maybe you skipped that part.
Amaryllis
8 hrs ago
#161
I just learned a scary thing from my Mainiac brother about a Maine congressional race. It seems
Vinca
17 hrs ago
#74
I agree. But Thom needs to realize that using AI art and AI music is ALSO pro-corporate and sends a
highplainsdem
16 hrs ago
#89
Everyone KNEW what the stakes were in 2016, and where was Hartman? We lost the SC because of jackasses like that who
lostincalifornia
14 hrs ago
#115