18-29 years olds held back a "Red Wave"

They can all cut their cocks and breasts off to celebrate their hard fought battle for personal freedoms.

R1 And to think I’m old days we just burned our bras! Yes, even the men too!

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I’m happy they voted by a large margin for Democrats. I would , however, like to see some actual data proving they came out in droves rather than relying on anecdotal proof from Victor Shi. He has been all over Twitter for months saying this stuff with no evidence.

This could be the turning point in American voting history, where the Boomers are finally dying off, and younger voters are actually making a difference in elections.

Yay!

Hopefully they learned something about the power of their vote. It's about time.

TOTALLY willing to pay off their student loan debt! half now, half after 2024? :D

Thank them for what, OP? Voting in their own best interests? That's what they should be doing.

So happy to see young voters actually voting in their own interests. These are the same young people who said that Social Security would not be there for them. They have learned the lesson that they get what they want when they vote. Love them.

You sound like an absolute cunt, R8.

I'm not kidding.

You must be a miserable fucking son of a bitch in real life.

You reek of unhappiness and misery.

Twitter is a cesspool of garbage. I wish it was banned here.

R10, you sound unhinged. Why don't you take your meds?

[quote] These are the same young people who said that Social Security would not be there for them.

Not only that, but the abortion issue affects females in that age group, more than any other.

This is democracy in action, and they can see from the Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade that elections actually DO have consequences.

It was a wake up call for them.

But by all means, let's thank them for voting.

R13 Define 'woman',?

Aww, you're welcome!

They are usually the age group that doesn’t come out during midterms, so I’m happy they turned out this time.

A little wild to think in 2 years kids born in 2006 will be able to vote.

I guess maybe they realize they need to. That's great, and they should know they need to.

Every 18-29 year-old gets a trophy for voting!

r15 a woman is some1 who does not have 2 register 4 Nat'l Selective Service System when she turns 18

And also cannot inherit a British Title, addendum to R20.

The Kids Are All Right!

How dare you outvote your grandma!

It affects men in that age range an awful lot too, R13.

I like this crowd a whole lot better than the millennials.

I'm so happy they voted, and wonder if many did so because of Biden's student debt forgiveness plan....which has been blocked by a TX judge.

Gen Z seems a lot more promising than those heinous Millennials.

I'd bet a lot of these voters are the children of GenXers and saw what an entire generation of "they're both the same, man, politics doesn't matter, man" had caused, and decided they didn't want to repeat it.

I'm GenX so don't come at me for saying this. My generation is full of people who didn't care about politics until their 40s or 50s, and once they started voting were so confused and easily swayed that it was a disaster.

Good, but this is Exit Poll data. A sampling of people who voted at their precinct on election day. Most older voters did so early or absentee, and are very engaged. Thinking 18-29 year old men showed up because of abortion is delusional.

[quote]I'm GenX so don't come at me for saying this. My generation is full of people who didn't care about politics until their 40s or 50s

That’s complete BS.

Hopefully a lot of them realized that by not voting in 2016, Trump got elected and they basically handed him the Supreme Court which currently intends to rule based on fundamental/conservative Christianity.

Don't sell us short just because you didn't pay attention. Rock the Vote and Rock for Choice were a thing in the 90s that brought a lot of us out. I am an Xer, and I was excited to vote since I was a kid.

We didn't have anyone good to vote for until Obama.

Twitter (and Datalounge) is filled with misinformation, R32.

[quote]We didn't have anyone good to vote for until Obama.

GenX LOVED Bill Clinton. He was our president!

We didn't have anyone good to vote for until Obama.

That's actually a great point.

Dukakis, George Bush Sr., Bob Dole, George W. Bush, John Kerry, etc.

The only good choices were Bill Clinton and Al Gore.

John Kerry was GREAT.

That's the thing about voting, R35. Candidates aren't curated to suit us to a T.

It was still only 27% turnout. But thanks kids

Trophies for all who participated!

Hopefully the Supreme Court fiasco taught some of them a much needed civics lesson.

My 29 year old niece did not vote in the 2016 presidential election in “protest” that Bernie Sanders didn’t get the Democratic nomination. I explained to her that NO ONE would see it as a protest but rather she is a slacker who doesn’t care. I warned her the. that if she cared about her rights and freedoms she would have sucked it up and voted for Hillary to protect the Supreme Court. Since then every time she complains about the Supreme Court and especially R v W, I remind her that she didn’t vote and therefore has no right, hasn’t earned the right, to complain. A hard lesson to learn.

If that’s true, R38, Victor Shi needs to shut the fuck up.

I think R39 has it, R41.

Here’s a link about the 27%. Down, yes down 4% from the last midterm in 2018. Yeah, I’ll wait to thank them.

Oh no, R43, we must thank them for everything--even if they just THOUGHT about voting!

Now if they would wash their stinky feet.

17% of young people voted in the 2024 election!

Don't most gay men claim to still be 29?

This is why some Republicans want to raise the voting age to 21 or 28. Twenty fucking eight.

What he doesn't say is that the DEMS invested in a state of the art Ground Game and targeted 18 - 29 and GOT THEM to the polls

So yes, they showed up to the polls. But it was the ground game and identified these voters in all these districts and got them to the polls.

The young voters' influence will only get stronger

So, 28% next time?^

Just accept the fact that Boomers influence is on the way out. The number of young voters will only increase while the number of boomers will only decline. That's life. RIP.

So, 28% next time? ^

R52, no one denies that. I'm glad there are young voters and I'd like to see a lot more of them voting. Like a lot more. That's the point.

That's what you get when you back a guy who threatened to shut off TikTok.

Trump vs. K-pop

It's too bad their X parents are a bunch of mouth breathing magats!

So it was mostly Gen X and Gen Z who wont it for Democrats.

No, it clearly wasn't, R58, considering the low percentage of those among them who voted.

r8 All voting data shows people in their fifties are Trump's most reliable bread and butter so doubtful, honey

Sure, question the aftermath statistics (based on actual voter IDs), but hold on to the poll results before the election, favoring the Republicans, like they are the ten commandments.

The only young voter I know voted Republican across the board. He's currently trying to become a cop (psych issues aside bc so few applicants are going into law enforcement).

I'm sure more young women with their right to body autonomy were really helpful in preventing a hemorrhage across this country.

I was shocked given I'm in CT, a historically blue state, and too many wins were only 10 votes or less apart. People actually believed that Stefanowski could lower our states gas prices and could 'end' this 'inflation problem ', as its completely the liberals making food costs a problem.

We're in trouble when used car salesperson techniques are successful in swaying the general public.

[quote] The only young voter I know voted Republican across the board. He's currently trying to become a cop (psych issues aside bc so few applicants are going into law enforcement).

You should expand your horizon. You know only one young person / voter? Is he your nephew or your neighbor's son by any chance?

R60, what does that to do with what I said aolut why young people should be voting in their own best interests, huh, honey?

Warnock needs to mobilize the shit out of the youth vote in the next few weeks. Get every celeb he can down there and flood the urban campuses.

I don't think getting celebs to endorse a candidate is necessarily a great look, R65.

R28, gen x here too. And yeah, our generation is a disgrace. Plenty of trumptards in their 40s and 50s. He wouldn't have won with just the boomers.

And it's not even just about Trump. Gen x should have made the GOP irrelevant a long time ago.

Great music in the 70s and 80s but what the hell happened to us in terms of politics?

R66 Fair point. Depends on the celeb, you gotta pick decent ones. Obama needs to go back down there. I am sure they are lining up a flood of people.

Obama, sure (he's an ex-president, at any rate, which in his case, is greater than a mere celebrity). Oprah, no thanks. Warnock's campaign has to be smart about that stuff.

R54 so 50% after you're dead.

WHat the fuck are you talking about, R70?

Sorry that ^ was for r53

Thank fucking God that at least one group cares about saving democracy!

All 27% care.

R63, I'm sorry, I didn't articulate that I only know of ONE who VOTED.

As I'd said before we're in trouble.

The only one young voter? That would be Joel. I am very proud of him.

No problem, R72.

Is Joel a Log Cabinette, Uncle Bottom?

Not quite, OP.

Poor R74.

You sound like a jealous and angry Boomer who keeps trying to shut down the GenZ Democratic vote.

Sorry, bitch.

They're on the rise, and you're on your way to the grave.

Goodbye, good riddance, and take your shitty politics with you.

I’M SHAKING WITH ANGER AT R79.

I’m GenX, kween, R80.

Yes, R80 really seems to have a pole up her ass. Not sure why she's so bitter, if she's so "young" and all.

I'm glad it isn't r53

[quote] This could be the turning point in American voting history, where the Boomers are finally dying off, and younger voters are actually making a difference in elections.

Not if we can help it!

We're going to ensure that you have an 86 year old President, an 88 year old House Speaker, and a 78 year old Senate Majority Leader all the way through 2028!!!!!

I'm an early boomer and old. We need new blood, I don't particularly appreciate seeing all these old people in power. When you reach 80, your chances of getting dementia go way up. Age is the biggest risk factor for Alzheimer's. It mainly affects people over 65. Above this age, a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease doubles about every five years. One in six people over 80 have dementia – many of them have Alzheimer's disease. Joe now has dementia. He keeps talking about his son who died in Iraq. His son died of cancer in the US. He is getting really dotty.

There is a time for all things. Right now, in order not to spook the non-racist white voter hiding amongst the Republicans and Independents, we need an old white man to take them over the bridge to the world of a non-white majority America.

Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi are Silent Generation, not Boomers. I like the Silent. Good people.

Yeah Biden was born in 1942. That ain't a boomer.

I think student debt loan forgiveness was a genius move by Biden's administration. It got the younger voters' attention and then turned them against the Conservatives who fought against it while insulting that very young and new voter base.

Chuck Schumer is a Boomer, however. Joe and Nancy are Silent.

[quote]It got the younger voters' attention

But it really didn’t. I agree with the poster who said “we all get a trophy” because that’s what this is. These aren’t astronomical numbers, this the media kowtowing to an entitled generation. Fewer younger people voted this time around.

[quote]Hopefully a lot of them realized that by not voting in 2016, Trump got elected and they basically handed him the Supreme Court which currently intends to rule based on fundamental/conservative Christianity.

Most of Gen Z wasn’t old enough to vote in 2016.

Sure, Jan.

Lol I’m not thanking young people for voting….. but good for them.

The biggest delusion here is the belief that boomers and gen x voted in more astronomical when they were young voters. Lies!

Young voters didn't show up in droves. They are not energized, and showed up less than in the past!

But young voters were SO CLEARLY Democratic leaning, and showed up ENOUGH, that they were a HUGE factor in Democrats maintaining as much as they have.

We have a Gen Z (younger Millennials too, whatever) that is one part falling into pattern of apathy, one part little Hitlers we have to be very concerned about, and one larger part very active and still-past-college dedicated leftists that are going to show up. Millennials may be left leaning, even as they get settled slowly into taxpaying and home and business owning life, but Gen Z has enough to call it a left generation, despite the obvious attempts by the right to exploit white, male, straight, traditionalist, incelllll, etc etc anger. They aren't buying the bullshit and they're incensed by more aggressive attempts by the right to take away, well, their rights. But they still haven't felt hope enough to show up en masse - they still have the need to fall in love in politics, and Biden and so many other Democratic politicians aren't doing it for them. Still, they're so drastically Democrat leaning that they didn't have to fall in love this year to make a distinct impact.

If it was just (sadly) Gen X and (expectantly) Boomers it'd be red across the board. Keep that in mind before you hate on the kids. Even if included Millennials, it'd have been so spotty, just like Millennials are about their left politics ;). Gen Z is either checked out, a 4chan troll more or less, or most likely pissed off and getting dedicated to keeping Republicans out of office.

They didn’t vote or show up for HER so NO they get nothing. It’s partly the reason we’re in the shit fest of Dump. 🖕🖕🖕

R98 'Her' was 6 years ago, so that was half of today's 18-29 year olds. So at the very least, you should give credit to the other half.

R97, if "young" voters don't vote, it makes no difference if they're Democrat.

"Joe now has dementia. He keeps talking about his son who died in Iraq. His son died of cancer in the US. He is getting really dotty."

R86 is a troll.

R100 But they did. If they didn't, lots of races would have been lost. Or if they voted Republican. But they didn't vote as they could.

[quote] Young voters didn't show up in droves. They are not energized, and showed up less than in the past!

Bitter much? Have you thought how hard it is to vote while you're going through midterms, working a part time job or going to college out of state when your residence is listed as your parents? College students move almost every year due to finances. Plus, in Red States, they know youth votes liberal so they took away polling places closer to colleges.

The nearest polling place is 50 miles away on early voting days. More polling places closer to college are set up on Election Day which is WHY STUDENTS WAITED 5 HOURS IN LINE TO VOTE!!! It's horrible that people have to wait hours to vote. They could mail their ballots but how do you know they won't throw away your ballot (hello, Texas!)

So STFU about them being lazy or not energized. 27% came out and 63% of them voted Democrat, more than any other age group.

[quote]. I would , however, like to see some actual data proving they came out in droves rather than relying on anecdotal proof from Victor Shi.

Oh, yeah, facts.

In 2018, 30% of Gen Z voters (ages 18-29) voted in the midterm election. This year the number was 27%. It actually declined. I'd love to pass out those coveted participation trophies and the good news is I won't need very many, as near 3 out of 4 Gen Zs refused to vote at all!

I wonder what the results in Florida would have been if that David Hogg had just stayed home? I'm not sure they could have been any worse!

The youth vote was the 2nd highest turnout in the past 30 years and this was in the midterms. Actually, those are pretty good stats considering there was Voter Suppression, mainly focused against Black Voters and Youth Voters.

[quote]I think student debt loan forgiveness was a genius move by Biden's administration. It got the younger voters' attention and then...

...and then more of them STAYED HOME than in 2018!

Gen Z sucks.

R105 - Red Wave troll who only got Red spotting.

This midterm election has proven once again that every single vote counts. All the cheating, all the gerrymandering, all the Trumpism didn't help the Republicans. The will of the Liberals pushed back against the most set-in-stone premise of midterms giving House and Senate to the opposite party of the one residing in the White House.

And we have to thank the Republicans for that. They overplayed their hand, Roe vs. Wade, announcing with glee what they will do when gaining majority in House and Senate. It scared Liberal voters enough to take this midterm election more serious than ever. And it fucking showed.

This admiration for Gen Z is bizarre, but whatever.

Especially since it's completely undeserved by Gen Z, a generation that's revealed itself to be one of huge entitlement with nothing to show for it. Queens here mostly just want to fuck Gen Zers, I suspect.

Yes, it’s mostly older white gay male progressives, older as in 50+, who believe Gen Z is “pro-gay”. They’re not.

They’re “pro-trans”, which is probably the appeal for these older white gay male progressives.

The magat whining on SM is hilarious.

[quote] This admiration for Gen Z is bizarre, but whatever.

Your jealousy towards them is even more bizarre.

Like an older sibling jealous of a younger sibling.

No one here said that GenZ came out in record numbers, so stop saying that.

The Tweet says that they HELD BACK a "red wave."

It was about HOW they voted, and not how many of them voted.

They really saved the day.

"They really saved the day."

Help with holding back a red wave is not saving the day, R114.

Enough “progressive” old white kween at R114. Enough.

Enough, Karen frau R116? Fuck you.

Hmm, I have R116 blocked.

Holding back / preventing a red wave, which was considered a sure thing happening, is a victory in itself. Every Dem vote, no matter who the voter is (gay, straight, LGBT, black, white, Latino, Asian, male, female, etc.), made that possible.

I think us Liberals deserve a few moments of relief and pat each other's back for accomplishing that once all votes have been counted.

It’s envy r113. Your 12 posts in this thread alone show your triggeredness, hon. Take your meds, sweetie.

Thank them for what, doing their civic duty? I thanked the election judges for volunteering their time - some of them worked over twelve hours straight on Election Day.

Real comment from one of the magats on a discussion forum. This is what a lot of them are saying in one way or the other

"So just keep "counting" until the Democrat gets ahead and then call the race. Is it any wonder people don't trust Democrats with the integrity of our elections."

LOL, they make me laugh.

They deserve credit, but so does everyone who voted Dem. With the closeness of of most races, everyone deserves credit - even if other groups didn't vote Dem in as large of a percentage than 18-29 year olds.

But I have no problem giving a specific thanks to you youngins.

God the hysterical melt downs and doomsday predictions from magats are hilarious. Not to mention outright projection and hypocrisy.

[quote]But young voters were SO CLEARLY Democratic leaning, and showed up ENOUGH, that they were a HUGE factor in Democrats maintaining as much as they have.

Isn't that typically the trend with young voters and Democrats? Historically, I mean?

I turned 18 during an election year and didn't give two shits about politics nor was I really paying attention. I mostly got my information from a few news stories and my mother (who was a Democrat). My first time voting was for a Democrat because my mother told me if I didn't vote Democrat she would lose her job. I just did whatever and left the booth so she would leave me alone.

Democrats have always had a stronger hold on the culture of the time and the youth compared to Republicans. They're in the entertainment industry which is a HUGE advantage for swaying the youth vote. So, frankly, this voting bloc is a no-brainer for them when it comes to winning elections. The issue is Democrats [bold]retaining[/bold] these same voters as they get older. Which, historically, they tend to not do.

Peer pressure can also lead to voting Democrat. Truth be told, Republicans come off as the uptight nerds who no one likes, while Democrats come off as the laid-back "cool" kids that everyone likes. Also, we're very polarized politically. Young people are susceptible to social pressure. And depending on the location and social climate of wherever these young people are, they either "hate women" or "hate babies" depending on how they vote. That's the message that's in the ether and in their minds while voting.

I've seen DLers talk about Republicans and right-wingers being 'cool alphas who create cool memes and who everyone wants to befriend' while Democrats and leftists are 'nerdy eggheads, elitists and effetes'. But that was before last week.....

Huh^ - where’s the thread for that, R127.

R127 is apparently living in his own universe. That never fucking happened..

[quote]Actually, those are pretty good stats considering there was Voter Suppression, mainly focused against Black Voters and Youth Voters.

Huh? Links, please.

I'd love to hear from even ONE younger non-voter telling us their tale of woe about putting a nickel's worth of effort into attempting to vote and being denied. That doesn't even exist. Three out of four Gen Zs didn't vote because they just don't give a fuck.

There was significant fraud . Days to "count ballots" then of course the unpopular democrat "wins". Only in states allowing mail in ballots and drop.boxes. Record numbers of people leaving democrats. 74% of county says we're going in the wrong direction. Including democrats! But suddenly thi s was a " close race" and democrats "win". The lack of critical thinking here is staggering.

Democrats come off to most people as freak shows. Drag queens, non binary freaks, every loser in the country identifies with them.

{quote] I'd love to hear from even ONE younger non-voter telling us their tale of woe about putting a nickel's worth of effort into attempting to vote and being denied.

Voter suppression isn't just trying to vote and being denied. It's being required to get specific ID knowing that many don't have the time and/or money for that ID so don't even attempt to vote. It's restricting early voting to weekdays so people can't leave work; it's limiting the number of ballot boxes for absentee voting; it's closing many voting sites in minority neighborhoods so everyone knows that, to vote, it will take hours; It's posters and mailings telling people that voting is actually on another day.

All these things prevent people from showing up to vote in the first place.

[quote] Democrats come off to most people as freak shows. Drag queens, non binary freaks, every loser in the country identifies with them.

Yet, none of those attempted a coup on Jan 6

[quote] I'd love to hear from even ONE younger non-voter telling us their tale of woe about putting a nickel's worth of effort into attempting to vote and being denied.

Voter suppression isn't just trying to vote and being denied. It's being required to get specific ID knowing that many don't have the time and/or money for that ID so don't even attempt to vote. It's restricting early voting to weekdays so people can't leave work; it's limiting the number of ballot boxes for absentee voting; it's closing many voting sites in minority neighborhoods so everyone knows that, to vote, it will take hours; It's posters and mailings telling people that voting is actually on another day.

All these things prevent people from showing up to vote in the first place.

R132, and yet they've been outperforming. What does that say about the psychotic Republicans?

[quote]I'm so happy they voted, and wonder if many did so because of Biden's student debt forgiveness plan....which has been blocked by a TX judge.

I think the rash of school shootings, especially Stoneman Douglas High, lit a fire under their asses. This is the generation that grew up doing active shooter drills in grade school. They're tired of the Repigs repeatedly demonstrating that they care more about the gun lobbies than the children they claim they want to "protect".

I know what voter suppression is r133.

NOT ONE of these things is determinative if you take the slightest bit of effort. I do not know a single Gen Z adult without a photo ID which are required in very few states anyway. The cost of an ID may act as an illegal Poll Tax, or course, but a smartphone plan costs much more and is never a problem. The fact is with the tiniest bit of effort, any able bodied young person can EASILY vote.

Quit finding lame excuses for people not voting, but maybe you didn't bother to vote yourself?

[quote]Voter suppression isn't just trying to vote and being denied. It's being required to get specific ID knowing that many don't have the time and/or money for that ID so don't even attempt to vote

Everything else you mentioned r135 regarding this could be considered valid voter suppression. However, a state ID is not hard to come by for even the most downtrodden Americans. The cost ranges from like 10.00 - 30.00 on average in most states. To even imply that a lot of Black and Brown people don't have the 10.00 - 30.00 to spend for a state ID is just an insult.

[quote]To even imply that a lot of Black and Brown people don't have the 10.00 - 30.00 to spend for a state ID is just an insult.

He’s a white gay “progressive”, blacks are pathetic to him.

r138, not everybody acts the same to discouragement. Black voters tend to want to vote more when Conservatives try to discourage them to vote.

I really hope this is true, but I'd like to see hard data supporting this ascertain.

R142, the hard data is that a whopping 27% of 18-29 year olds voted in 2022, down 4% from 2018. The soft data is that they voted by a very large margin for Democrats. The media always pushes a hero group after an election, most of the time without merit.. This year it’s Gen Z’s turn. In other years it’s been black women, soccer moms, and poor neglected rural white people. 🙄

Thank you, younguns!

Yeah, maybe not so much:

White gay progressives don’t care^.

Maybe the youth turnout was not as high as we'd like but they definitely came out in the Battleground States. The youth vote was more prominent where they had extremist GOP State legislatures who imposed to threatened to impose anti-abortion laws. So PA, MI, WI, NV and AZ had high youth turnout. It was wonderful to see a lot of extremists kicked out of State government.

Maybe the youth turnout was not as high as we'd like but they came out in the Battleground States.

Unfortunately, in California and NY where abortion was safe and where we don't have an Extremist State legislatures, the lack of turnout in youth and Independent votes cost us the House.