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    • AmbiguousProps@lemmy.todayEnglish
      61·
      2 months ago

      Empathy and understanding may improve those stats in your favor, rather than whatever it is you’re doing right now. Telling zoomers and millennials that they won’t vote before you even give them a chance probably won’t motivate them to vote.

      • radivojevic@discuss.online
        38·
        2 months ago

        You are making assumptions of what I’m “doing” based on who you want me to be for some online argument. You don’t know me.

        • AmbiguousProps@lemmy.todayEnglish
          51·
          2 months ago

          No, I’m not making assumptions. You did that by automatically assuming young people wouldn’t vote. I even said “whatever it is that you’re doing” in my last comment. Does that sound like an assumption to you?

          I don’t care who you are. Your original attitude will not cause the younger vote to want to turn out. You are working against your interests (that is, if you want the dems to win, in which case, sure, I assumed that is what you wanted).

          • radivojevic@discuss.online
            35·
            2 months ago

            Statistics show that range is less likely to vote. It’s not saying anything other than that or making any assumptions as to why.

            • AmbiguousProps@lemmy.todayEnglish
              31·
              2 months ago

              Statistics are trending in the other direction. Why not talk about that instead of demoralizing the young voter base any further?

              • radivojevic@discuss.online
                25·
                2 months ago

                Why not just supply information on the contrary, instead of carrying on with insults?

                Because you like to fight more than you like to defend the young voters.

                • AmbiguousProps@lemmy.todayEnglish
                  31·
                  2 months ago

                  Can you point me to the insult, please?

                  You seem to be missing my point. I don’t care about you enough to argue with you. You aren’t going to get young people on your side by telling them that they’re the problem. Do you not want to improve these stats you keep bringing up? Apparently not, but if you did actually care about that, you’d have more empathy and understanding rather than just saying that young people aren’t going to vote.

              • radivojevic@discuss.online
                14·
                2 months ago

                Here,

                1. 18-24 years old • Voter turnout: Approximately 51.4% • Population: 9.5%
                2. 25-34 years old • Voter turnout: Approximately 57% • Population: 13.5%
                3. 35-44 years old • Voter turnout: Approximately 63% • Population: 12.5%
                4. 45-54 years old • Voter turnout: Approximately 67% • Population: 12.8%
                5. 55-64 years old • Voter turnout: Approximately 72% • Population: 12.6%
                6. 65-74 years old • Voter turnout: Approximately 76% • Population: 10%
                7. 75 and older • Voter turnout: Approximately 70% • Population: 6.4%

                Edit:

                Here are the percentages of 18-34 year olds who voted by year over the past 20 years:

                •	2004: 47.9%
•	2006: 24.0%
•	2008: 51.1%
•	2010: 20.4%
•	2012: 45.0%
•	2014: 19.9%
•	2016: 50.0%
•	2018: 30.1%
•	2020: 57.3%
•	2022: 27.5%