We have an election coming our way in just a matter of months and I have noticed the interest in it is not very good and seems to be waning daily.
In years past an election was a time for the exchange of ideas and debate….these days it is a time for yawns and head shaking.
I am not thrilled with the choice of candidates but I am old and set in my ways…..but the real problem is the younger voter…..it seems they are turned off by Biden and Trump both….
David Brooks, a shill for special interests, thinks Biden has a problem…..
David Brooks says he still thinks President Biden is the Democrats’ strongest candidate for president, but he’s getting more pessimistic about his chances of beating Donald Trump in November. For starters, Brooks writes at the New York Times, many voters simply prefer Republicans “on key issues like inflation and immigration.” But Biden also has a big problem with young voters, Brooks writes. He cites a recent NBC News poll that found only 64% of voters are highly interested in the election, down from 77% in 2020—and among voters 18 to 34, the figure is just 36%.
That might be partly due to the advanced age of both candidates, Brooks writes, but “part of it is also about Biden’s approach to the Israel-Hamas war,” which has been more strongly criticized by young people than other groups. “I think what we’re seeing at Columbia and on other elite campuses is a precursor to what we’re going to see at the Democratic convention in Chicago,” writes Brooks. He characterizes the clashes between police and leftist protesters at the 1968 Democratic convention as an “early marker of the differences between the more-educated and less-educated classes. They were part of the trend that sent working-class voters to the GOP.”
If there are similar clashes at the August convention, “the chaos will reinforce Trump’s core law-and-order message,” Brooks writes. “It will make Biden look weak and hapless.” Click for his full piece. The NBC poll found that Biden and Trump are “essentially tied” among voters 18 to 34, with Biden at 44% and Trump at 43%. Biden’s problem with younger Americans isn’t just about Gaza, writes Philip Bump at the Washington Post. He notes that YouGov polling of registered voters going back to 2021 shows big swings in support for Biden among younger voters—but Gallup polling of all Americans shows younger people “are consistently less approving of Biden than Americans overall.”
A fearmongering piece….trying to influence people with suppositions.
I can understand why the young have a problem with Biden….for I have a problem with his old ass….but where will the young put their vote that is if they bother to vote?
One tactic was the student loan debacle….trying to get on the good side of young voters.
Will it work?
Will they vote for Trump?
Interesting demographic that could make the difference in this election.
Any thoughts?
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What the hell is Brooks even writing about? Trump’s “law and order message”? WTF? What law and order message? The only thing Trump has been ranting and raving about for months is that as president he could order the military to assassinate anyone he doesnt like and he couldn’t be prosecuted for it. That is literally what one of his attorneys claimed in court.That’s his idea of law and order?
Brooks is a shill….this is becoming extremely dangerous and SCOTUS is adding fuel to the fire. chuq
Hail Caesar is all I can think to say– we are sunk!
It is not looking good at all chuq
Over here we have total ‘voter apathy’ in the 18-21 age group. The ones who are interested will mostly vote Green, but the main parties are unlikely to attract any votes at all from that age group.
Best wishes, Pete.
If our young vote it is a toss up which candidate they will flock to…..most will stay home with their game console. chuq
Youing may love their loan payoff but it won’t bribe them for their vote. They see the country crumbling and will vote Trump or stay home which is also good for Trump. They also see all these trials are stop Trump any way possible which discredits Dems more than discredit Trump. In my own thoughts I don’t care if Trump is guilty in all cases the Biden folly domestically and on foreign stage are so terrible and damaging he must be deposed. I am also of the belief that it’s not him running things in the first place and that is even more dangerous. Trump guilty of things or not is irrelevant in the face of the need to course correct. Re the Hamas support protesters – they don’t look like college students to me. The are more likely salaried agitators and disrupters that are leftover ANTIFA amd BLM who have no cause but to destabilize the nation.
I agree that Biden should be deposed but not by Trump…..most presidents are only in it for the cash…the days of wanted to do what is right for the country are gone….special interests decide everything. Antifa is not an organization no matter what ;lies are spread….it stands for anti-fascist…there is no headquarters or CEO in charge it is just like minded people taking on fascism….Proud Boys and Oath Keepers are more destabilizing than any of the ones that so many think they are afraid of…..but that is for another day. Finally the protesters are not supporting HAMAS…there may be some that do but the majority are not. chuq
Yes, ANTIFI stands for anti fascist but didn’t you watch the entire summer of 2020 with the looting , burning, rioting, attacking police, , attacking courts and police stations, attacking citizens and CNN calls their protests (more like insurrection) mostly peaceful with burning stores in the background ? Seems these like-minded creatures have plenty of matches. You don’t need a Soros CEO to do what they did. They connect nation wide on social media. Proud Boys and Oath Takers are trouble causing loonies too. I don’t know what these anti Israel protesters are for or against except kill the Jews but they don’t look like college students to me. I’m glad they are being arrested for their interruptions because that arrest will stay on their record and they’ll never get a job, degree or not.
I do not believe that antifa was part of that….they confront neo-nazis like the KKK….since many of the protesters are Jewish I do not think a ‘Kill Jews’ sign would set well…what does a college student look like?…this is basically the same rhetoric that was past around in 1968….chuq