Several million young prospective voters were prevented from voting by going to college in states that don’t allow out of state resident voting and not being able to vote in their home states on a Tuesday.
Add the fact that colleges are typically critically underserved when it comes to voting infrastructure, leading to a requirement to stand in line for the equivalent of a full-time job working day and it’s clear that it’s not young people being too apathetic.
It’s politicians ratfucking them almost as much as they ratfuck people of color and people of color have much better get out the vote infrastructure to counteract it than colleges do.
First of all, that’s a gross oversimplification. Second, even if it wasn’t, you’re basically saying that college aged people who live in those states either don’t matter or there’s not enough of them to possibly effect election results.
Either way, it’s an ignorant and callous argument. Especially when you consider that college is the first chance for most people who hate living in deep red states to gtfo of there
You JUST pointed out yourself that they wouldn’t have been able to GET an absentee ballot in and/or from certain states. Your reality-ignoring victim blaming is getting stale.
I didn’t say that this specific thing is (necessarily) on the DNC. That doesn’t make your “young people just didn’t care enough” stereotype any less misguided, though.
When you restrict access to voting, less voting will happen and college students are one of the most vote-restricted groups in the entire country.
Nah, tho. Young people didn’t vote in high enough numbers. Depressing. I voted Bernie.
I didn’t. I was wrong. I’m sorry.
At least you own it. That’s progress.
Several million young prospective voters were prevented from voting by going to college in states that don’t allow out of state resident voting and not being able to vote in their home states on a Tuesday.
Add the fact that colleges are typically critically underserved when it comes to voting infrastructure, leading to a requirement to stand in line for the equivalent of a full-time job working day and it’s clear that it’s not young people being too apathetic.
It’s politicians ratfucking them almost as much as they ratfuck people of color and people of color have much better get out the vote infrastructure to counteract it than colleges do.
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First of all, that’s a gross oversimplification. Second, even if it wasn’t, you’re basically saying that college aged people who live in those states either don’t matter or there’s not enough of them to possibly effect election results.
Either way, it’s an ignorant and callous argument. Especially when you consider that college is the first chance for most people who hate living in deep red states to gtfo of there
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You JUST pointed out yourself that they wouldn’t have been able to GET an absentee ballot in and/or from certain states. Your reality-ignoring victim blaming is getting stale.
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I didn’t say that this specific thing is (necessarily) on the DNC. That doesn’t make your “young people just didn’t care enough” stereotype any less misguided, though.
When you restrict access to voting, less voting will happen and college students are one of the most vote-restricted groups in the entire country.
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I’m middle aged and I voted for Bernie!
I was young and voted for Bernie
Now I’m old and tired of this shit 😔