It appears the long-awaited moment when the youth vote would actually turn out to vote has actually come to pass. Election cycle after election cycle pollsters and pundits have repeatedly predicted that the youth vote will turn out in enough numbers to impact the election in favor of Democrats, and time after time those numbers never materialized; however, this year looks to be different as The Hill reports, “More than half of all voters under the age of 30 cast a ballot in this year’s elections, an unprecedented level of engagement that likely cemented President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory in critical swing states. … Four years ago, the center estimated that between 42 percent and 44 percent in that same group cast a ballot. Even in 2008, when young adults turned out at record levels to back then-candidate Barack Obama, those records hovered around 48 percent.” I’m shocked. Truly! Welcome to stupid America?
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