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Well, it'd help if the younger generation actually bothered for things instead of complaining about them on social media. Less online petitions, more going down

by CM30 10y ago

Well, it'd help if the younger generation actually bothered for things instead of complaining about them on social media. Less online petitions, more going down to the ballot box. If they were represented in the vote, more politicians would listen to them. But they currently don't because the older generations actually show up on voting day.

ThatGeoGuy 10y ago
This is disingenuous. Blaming millennials for not showing up at the poll is a strawman argument, as the vast majority of younger folk did show up (80% turnout ages 18-24)[1]. Sure, it's less than the 95+% of people 60 and older, but there's a hell of a lot more baby boomers than there are millennials. The problem isn't as simple as "young people don't vote". [1] http://graphics.wsj.com/brexit-whos-voting-what/?mod=e2fb http://graphics.wsj.com/brexit-whos-voting-what/?mod=e2fb
- CM30 10y ago
  Then I guess its another downside of an aging population and the obsession with money/status/career success over having a family. Gives you more old folk than young ones.
- oarsinsync 10y ago
  > Blaming millennials for not showing up at the poll is a strawman argument, as the vast majority of younger folk did show up (80% turnout ages 18-24)[1] > [1] http://graphics.wsj.com/brexit-whos-voting-what/?mod=e2fb http://graphics.wsj.com/brexit-whos-voting-what/?mod=e2fb I guess nobody followed up on your citation, because the link you supplied clearly states: > Sources: YouGov online poll of 1694 likely voters conducted June 15–17; (demographics); YouGov online poll of 2001 likely voters conducted June 9–10 (economy and immigration); margin of error for both: +/- 3 percentage points Absolutely nothing about the actual vote, just polling predictions.
munin 10y ago
the older generations can show up on voting day because they don't have to work
- e12e 10y ago
  If you can't get paid time off to vote, no questions asked - you have an entirely different and more serious problem. That, and isn't youth unemployment a very real problem in the UK too?
  - munin 10y ago
    > If you can't get paid time off to vote, no questions asked - you have an entirely different and more serious problem Welcome to the United States?

by CM30 10y ago

ThatGeoGuy 10y ago

This is disingenuous. Blaming millennials for not showing up at the poll is a strawman argument, as the vast majority of younger folk did show up (80% turnout ages 18-24)[1]. Sure, it's less than the 95+% of people 60 and older, but there's a hell of a lot more baby boomers than there are millennials. The problem isn't as simple as "young people don't vote". [1] http://graphics.wsj.com/brexit-whos-voting-what/?mod=e2fb http://graphics.wsj.com/brexit-whos-voting-what/?mod=e2fb

CM30 10y ago
Then I guess its another downside of an aging population and the obsession with money/status/career success over having a family. Gives you more old folk than young ones.
oarsinsync 10y ago
> Blaming millennials for not showing up at the poll is a strawman argument, as the vast majority of younger folk did show up (80% turnout ages 18-24)[1] > [1] http://graphics.wsj.com/brexit-whos-voting-what/?mod=e2fb http://graphics.wsj.com/brexit-whos-voting-what/?mod=e2fb I guess nobody followed up on your citation, because the link you supplied clearly states: > Sources: YouGov online poll of 1694 likely voters conducted June 15–17; (demographics); YouGov online poll of 2001 likely voters conducted June 9–10 (economy and immigration); margin of error for both: +/- 3 percentage points Absolutely nothing about the actual vote, just polling predictions.

munin 10y ago

the older generations can show up on voting day because they don't have to work

e12e 10y ago
If you can't get paid time off to vote, no questions asked - you have an entirely different and more serious problem. That, and isn't youth unemployment a very real problem in the UK too?
- munin 10y ago
  > If you can't get paid time off to vote, no questions asked - you have an entirely different and more serious problem Welcome to the United States?