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Originally posted by castille,
Maybe they were too busy complaining to remember to vote, hehe.
Reality is probably that a lot of young voters voted for Bush. Not everyone who is young is supposed to be a brainwashed leftwing. There's just as many rightwing young people as leftwings. |
Exactly. Remember, the military is still accepting recruits who volunteered even AFTER we went to Iraq. And they're still signing up. I would bet most of those people would vote for Bush.
As I said, it's pure arrogance for the most part. "I'm the Democrat candidate, so ALL the young people are MINE!" Like the mistake of getting Sprigsteen to appear with Kerry. The man was a household word for a decade longer than the targeted voters have been alive.
In many ways, the Democrats are stuck in the 60's, where the young people would either vote Democrat out of principle of just vote for whoever WASN'T in office.
Since I lived through the 60's myself, I'm fairly sure I'm on safe ground when I say the under 30 voters now are not only more numerous, they are a bit smarter and certainly more informed than their 1960's counterparts.