YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoBiden confronts a 'pissed-off generation' of young voters who may be decisive in 2024www.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square398fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down131cross-posted to: politics@kbin.socialnews_us@lemmy.link
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minus-squareSpiritOf76ers@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThey stayed home during midterms. If people were as angry as you and I they would vote in every election. I sure do. “Perhaps the most notable finding with respect to voter turnout is that 2022 turnout rates were nearly as high as the record-setting 2018 midterm turnout rates. Yet unlike the previous midterm elections, the groups with the highest Democratic voting margins—in particular, young people, Black Americans, women, and white female college graduates—did not show greater turnout increases than other groups, and often displayed lower turnout rates than in the 2018 midterms.” https://www.brookings.edu/articles/new-voter-turnout-data-from-2022-shows-some-surprises-including-lower-turnout-for-youth-women-and-black-americans-in-some-states/
They stayed home during midterms. If people were as angry as you and I they would vote in every election. I sure do.
“Perhaps the most notable finding with respect to voter turnout is that 2022 turnout rates were nearly as high as the record-setting 2018 midterm turnout rates. Yet unlike the previous midterm elections, the groups with the highest Democratic voting margins—in particular, young people, Black Americans, women, and white female college graduates—did not show greater turnout increases than other groups, and often displayed lower turnout rates than in the 2018 midterms.” https://www.brookings.edu/articles/new-voter-turnout-data-from-2022-shows-some-surprises-including-lower-turnout-for-youth-women-and-black-americans-in-some-states/