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> Many crucial elections since then have been extremely close. They had the opportunity to have the decisive say in outcomes. The one does not follow from the
by wool_gather 8y ago
> Many crucial elections since then have been extremely close. They had the opportunity to have the decisive say in outcomes.
The one does not follow from the other. Even assuming that it's reasonable to consider a monolithic Millennial voting bloc, they may have been "extremely closely" outvoted.
- blacksqr 8y ago"millennials continue to have the lowest voter turnout of any age group. Only about 46 percent voted in the last presidential election; compared to 72 percent of the Silent Generation" [1] "This election [2016] was effectively decided by 107,000 people in these three states [MI, PA, WI]. Trump won the popular vote there by that combined amount. That amounts to 0.09 percent of all votes cast in this election." [2] [1] https://www.npr.org/2016/05/16/478237882/millennials-now-rival-boomers-as-a-political-force-but-will-they-actually-vote https://www.npr.org/2016/05/16/478237882/millennials-now-riv... [2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/swing-state-margins https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-electi...