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With the incentive being student loan payoff, shouldn't we be concerned that this is targeting voters that skew Democrat?

nilved 10y ago
Yes, this is undeniably a partisan endeavour.
- palakchokshi 10y ago
  I'm sorry are you saying that there are no student republicans? that's a very misinformed opinion if you believe that.
  - echelon 10y ago
    Neither OP nor GP said that. They're pointing out the political distribution within the target demographic.
    - palakchokshi 10y ago
      I'm sorry but the guy said it is definitely a partisan endeavor, which I don't think it is. It is merely an effort to educate young voters for the need to register to vote. This demographic has been historically known to have a low voter turnout with only 46% of eligible voters[1] having voted in 2012 election. [1]http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/05/16/millennials-match-baby-boomers-as-largest-generation-in-u-s-electorate-but-will-they-vote/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/05/16/millennials-...
  - d0lph 10y ago
    You know what they say, if you're not a liberal at 20, you have no heart, and if you're not a conservative by 50, you have no brains.
    - 09bjb 10y ago
      I'll be stealing this one. Die-hard liberal at 20 but experience has pushed me irrevocably towards libertarianism.
      - lintiness 10y ago
        libertarians are far more "liberal" than democrats.
    - chillwaves 10y ago
      Never wished I could downvote before today. Not even the (ridiculous) content of the post, so much as.. this is your contribution to the discussion? Spare us.
      - d0lph 10y ago
        I'm sorry it wasn't to your liking. My point was moreso that in the US at least there is a pronounced difference in political affiliation based on age. Notably, that is an old quote, it just seems interesting it holds up.
        jonathansizz 10y ago
        In what way does it hold up? It's saying that a 20-year old conservative is necessarily heartless, and a 50-year old liberal is necessarily stupid. I don't see how either of these follows; I know plenty of young conservatives who care deeply about other people, and old liberals who are very smart. It's just a lazy meme.
  - nilved 10y ago
    No, I didn't say that and I don't believe that, but thank you for asking.
  - johnnyn2o 10y ago
    He said "skew", not exclusive. College students are more liberal b/c they're still stupid.
aab0 10y ago
The Democratic party targeting university students, and the Republican party trying voter-suppression efforts aimed at students (forbidding voting at the university where one lives, requiring photo IDs & banning college IDs as photo IDs) are nothing new.
peterbonney 10y ago
There is a cash alternative, fwiw.
palakchokshi 10y ago
According to Pew research any effort to spread the word to register to vote for anyone below 69 years of age would be skewing democrat[1] [1]http://www.people-press.org/2015/04/07/party-identification-trends-1992-2014/#generation http://www.people-press.org/2015/04/07/party-identification-...

nilved 10y ago

Yes, this is undeniably a partisan endeavour.

palakchokshi 10y ago
I'm sorry are you saying that there are no student republicans? that's a very misinformed opinion if you believe that.
- echelon 10y ago
  Neither OP nor GP said that. They're pointing out the political distribution within the target demographic.
  - palakchokshi 10y ago
    I'm sorry but the guy said it is definitely a partisan endeavor, which I don't think it is. It is merely an effort to educate young voters for the need to register to vote. This demographic has been historically known to have a low voter turnout with only 46% of eligible voters[1] having voted in 2012 election. [1]http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/05/16/millennials-match-baby-boomers-as-largest-generation-in-u-s-electorate-but-will-they-vote/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/05/16/millennials-...
- d0lph 10y ago
  You know what they say, if you're not a liberal at 20, you have no heart, and if you're not a conservative by 50, you have no brains.
  - 09bjb 10y ago
    I'll be stealing this one. Die-hard liberal at 20 but experience has pushed me irrevocably towards libertarianism.
    - lintiness 10y ago
      libertarians are far more "liberal" than democrats.
  - chillwaves 10y ago
    Never wished I could downvote before today. Not even the (ridiculous) content of the post, so much as.. this is your contribution to the discussion? Spare us.
    - d0lph 10y ago
      I'm sorry it wasn't to your liking. My point was moreso that in the US at least there is a pronounced difference in political affiliation based on age. Notably, that is an old quote, it just seems interesting it holds up.
      - jonathansizz 10y ago
        In what way does it hold up? It's saying that a 20-year old conservative is necessarily heartless, and a 50-year old liberal is necessarily stupid. I don't see how either of these follows; I know plenty of young conservatives who care deeply about other people, and old liberals who are very smart. It's just a lazy meme.
- nilved 10y ago
  No, I didn't say that and I don't believe that, but thank you for asking.
- johnnyn2o 10y ago
  He said "skew", not exclusive. College students are more liberal b/c they're still stupid.

aab0 10y ago

The Democratic party targeting university students, and the Republican party trying voter-suppression efforts aimed at students (forbidding voting at the university where one lives, requiring photo IDs & banning college IDs as photo IDs) are nothing new.

peterbonney 10y ago

There is a cash alternative, fwiw.

palakchokshi 10y ago

According to Pew research any effort to spread the word to register to vote for anyone below 69 years of age would be skewing democrat[1] [1]http://www.people-press.org/2015/04/07/party-identification-trends-1992-2014/#generation http://www.people-press.org/2015/04/07/party-identification-...