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Yes, it's easier to vote in person when you are retired and that's frustrating. But as an explanation for why we're outvoted by the elderly, it just doesn't hold up when we look at the evidence.
Multiple states allow mail in voting for primaries. In some, this is actually more common than in person voting for example, Arizona, Colorado and Washington. For these 3, in 2020 the percentages of young (18-29) v elderly (65+) were: 17-35, 10-37, 11-35 respectively
(This gets worse when you consider that while the two populations are similar sized, the elderly are much less likely to vote Democratic in the first place so as a share of Democrat elderly vs Democrat youth, the numbers would be even worse.)
Oh, I’m not saying that young people need to vote more often. They definitely do, and that’s part of the problem. What I’m saying is that it’s not all of the problem.
That being said, in my state (Iowa) the state seems to do everything they can to get young people to not vote. And if I’m honest, that’s not just the Republicans trying to push that.
Sure but when we're being outvoted by a 2:1, sometimes 3:1 margin, that's on us.
It's sort of like voter ID laws, they matter but really, mostly on the margins.
At the end of the day, it's our future, our mess and our fault if we don't vote. Yes, it's harder but goddamn, the world burns and people die because we don't go and vote.