Disillusioned: Why the 'Obama generation' won't vote

[Spoonman]

The generation in question are my kids age. I see this reaction all the time. in school they were all hyped up on hope and change. they all jumped on the Obama bandwagon.
they were disillusioned and fooled into believing it was all the republicans fault and the democrats were going to come in and pave they roads with gold and make the way easier for them. but that never happened. kids are more disillusioned than ever. suicides are up. kids don't know which way to turn and they are not prepared to deal with issues, with rejections. the democrats have built themselves a real hole with so many unkeepable promises.

Disillusioned: Why the 'Obama generation' won't vote

Young people are more disillusioned about government and politics than at any time since 2000, a new survey from the Harvard Institute of Politics reveals.

“The message of the survey is that trust is down in almost every single institution that we've measured and cynicism is up significantly,” John Della Volpe, the director of polling at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, told “Power Players” in a recent interview.

The Institute of Politics’ newest survey of 18- to 29- year-olds found that less than a quarter of these young people plan to “definitely” vote in the 2014 midterm elections. Della Volpe attributes this sharp drop in millennial political participation – which, by contrast, was at a record high in 2008 – to a general “frustration with Washington” and the lack of change under Obama’s watch.

 

[Zander]

Hope and change?

 

[The T]

The generation in question are my kids age. I see this reaction all the time. in school they were all hyped up on hope and change. they all jumped on the Obama bandwagon.
they were disillusioned and fooled into believing it was all the republicans fault and the democrats were going to come in and pave they roads with gold and make the way easier for them. but that never happened. kids are more disillusioned than ever. suicides are up. kids don't know which way to turn and they are not prepared to deal with issues, with rejections. the democrats have built themselves a real hole with so many unkeepable promises.

Disillusioned: Why the 'Obama generation' won't vote

Young people are more disillusioned about government and politics than at any time since 2000, a new survey from the Harvard Institute of Politics reveals.

“The message of the survey is that trust is down in almost every single institution that we've measured and cynicism is up significantly,” John Della Volpe, the director of polling at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, told “Power Players” in a recent interview.

The Institute of Politics’ newest survey of 18- to 29- year-olds found that less than a quarter of these young people plan to “definitely” vote in the 2014 midterm elections. Della Volpe attributes this sharp drop in millennial political participation – which, by contrast, was at a record high in 2008 – to a general “frustration with Washington” and the lack of change under Obama’s watch.

And you may expect the numbers to go up as more lies from Obama and the Democrats come to light.

 

[sealybobo]

You guys said the same thing in 2010. Fact is stupid poor and middle class Americans only vote every 4 years. So Hillary will win in 2016 but you guys will win the senate and house in 2014 because dumb americans only vote every 4 years. So I guess they deserve what they get. If they don't vote they can't complain that the GOP sucks. If you don't like them, vote them out. Because poor, middle class and rich republicans vote every 2 years, religiously!!! That party knows how to work them up. Fear of losing their guns or abortion or they are scared obama is a socialist even though the economy is getting better after the GOP fucked us all for 8 years under Bush.

 

[HenryBHough]

The next president will not be elected by voters - rather by those who won't vote.

 

[Spoonman]

You guys said the same thing in 2010. Fact is stupid poor and middle class Americans only vote every 4 years. So Hillary will win in 2016 but you guys will win the senate and house in 2014 because dumb americans only vote every 4 years. So I guess they deserve what they get. If they don't vote they can't complain that the GOP sucks. If you don't like them, vote them out. Because poor, middle class and rich republicans vote every 2 years, religiously!!! That party knows how to work them up. Fear of losing their guns or abortion or they are scared obama is a socialist even though the economy is getting better after the GOP fucked us all for 8 years under Bush.

in 2010 republicans took back the house and a clear democratic majority in the senate.

 

[Political Junky]

And what about the efforts by the GOP to prevent Democratic voters from voting?

 

[WelfareQueen]

^^^^by that he means illegal aliens and dead people.

 

[Moonglow]

Ghost also...maybe the right can baptise enough dead Jews to help with their voter deficit??

 

[TemplarKormac]

And what about the efforts by the GOP to prevent Democratic voters from voting?

And how do you suppose we can stop anyone from voting? Can we be that powerful? Oh, should we have been, Obama wouldn't have become president, now would he?

 

[LoneLaugher]

And what about the efforts by the GOP to prevent Democratic voters from voting?

And how do you suppose we can stop anyone from voting? Can we be that powerful? Oh, should we have been, Obama wouldn't have become president, now would he?

Well said. You want to try that one again?

 

[HenryBHough]

And what about the efforts by the GOP to prevent Democratic voters from voting?

Coal to Newcastle!

 

[Paperman299]

And what about the efforts by the GOP to prevent Democratic voters from voting?

And how do you suppose we can stop anyone from voting? Can we be that powerful? Oh, should we have been, Obama wouldn't have become president, now would he?

According to a local election official interviewed by CBS News' Phil Hirschkorn, the last "early voter" in line for Saturday's truncated early voting in Palm Beach County finally got to cast a ballot at 2:30 a.m Sunday morning, which means that voter waited in line for more than seven hours...

...Alarmed by the strong Democratic turnout in early voting in 2008, Republican lawmakers, including Governor Rick Scott, reduced the number of early voting days from 14 to eight. When the restrictions were challenged in federal court under the Voting Rights Act, a three-judge panel said they would have a discriminatory impact upon minority voters. But only five of the state's 67 counties are covered by the federal civil rights law.

Need we even go over Voter ID laws? [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuOT1bRYdK8"]"Voter ID Will Allow Romney To Win Pennsylvania[/ame]

 

[Paperman299]

The generation in question are my kids age. I see this reaction all the time. in school they were all hyped up on hope and change. they all jumped on the Obama bandwagon.
they were disillusioned and fooled into believing it was all the republicans fault and the democrats were going to come in and pave they roads with gold and make the way easier for them. but that never happened. kids are more disillusioned than ever. suicides are up. kids don't know which way to turn and they are not prepared to deal with issues, with rejections. the democrats have built themselves a real hole with so many unkeepable promises.

Disillusioned: Why the 'Obama generation' won't vote

Young people are more disillusioned about government and politics than at any time since 2000, a new survey from the Harvard Institute of Politics reveals.

“The message of the survey is that trust is down in almost every single institution that we've measured and cynicism is up significantly,” John Della Volpe, the director of polling at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, told “Power Players” in a recent interview.

The Institute of Politics’ newest survey of 18- to 29- year-olds found that less than a quarter of these young people plan to “definitely” vote in the 2014 midterm elections. Della Volpe attributes this sharp drop in millennial political participation – which, by contrast, was at a record high in 2008 – to a general “frustration with Washington” and the lack of change under Obama’s watch.

I agree this lack of interest in voting is sad, but it can hardly be laid at Obama's feet. Congress' approval rating is at 13% (and it had to climb to get there!).

 

[PaintMyHouse]

Disillusioned: Why the 'Obama generation' won't vote

Politics in this country is a joke right now. The do-nothing. always-say-no right-wingers made it so. What else would you expect the survey to show?

 

[MaxGrit]

^^^^by that he means illegal aliens and dead people.

What law state that if you're dead you can't vote? If a dead person is caught voting illegally, what is the punishment under the law? Death?