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  • vimdiesel@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    turnout for young voters (at least in US history) has always been low, people don’t get into politics usually until they hit their 30s

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      9 months ago

      Yeah, why? Follow up question, do you think it’s possible to change this significantly, and if so how?

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        9 months ago

        I suspect that it’s a combination of things.

        I think that one thing that would help is if your employer was required to give you paid time-off to vote in primary, local, state, and national elections, say, four hours of time, but only if you actually voted. I’ll bet voting rates woudl skyrocket.

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          9 months ago

          Do you not think that maybe neither party tries very hard to court the youth vote? It’s not as if 18 year olds are donating to their PACs.