GiddyGap@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoCharted: Baby Boomers rule Congresswww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down12
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minus-squareMostly_Harmless@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoAnd it’s not going to change until younger voters start showing up on election day.
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoThey show up reliably on election day… They need to show up in the primaries.
minus-squareMostly_Harmless@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThey don’t show on election day either. They have it within their grasp to change everything. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/voter-turnout-rate-by-age-usa
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoLargest gain across any age group and you’re missing the last presidential election…
minus-squareMostly_Harmless@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoStill the lowest percentage. I hope they keep making gains!
minus-squareYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoZoomers vote so don’t blame them.
minus-squareMostly_Harmless@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI’m not blaming as much as pointing out that the people most affected are the least likely to vote. They’d rather complain about “boomers” on social media
And it’s not going to change until younger voters start showing up on election day.
They show up reliably on election day…
They need to show up in the primaries.
They don’t show on election day either. They have it within their grasp to change everything. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/voter-turnout-rate-by-age-usa
Largest gain across any age group and you’re missing the last presidential election…
Still the lowest percentage. I hope they keep making gains!
Zoomers vote so don’t blame them.
I’m not blaming as much as pointing out that the people most affected are the least likely to vote. They’d rather complain about “boomers” on social media