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I believe that a few would rally to the cause because they understand it but it would be a very small number. How old were the Founding Fathers when they wrote the Declaration of Independence? Some were younger but the vast majority were over 33. People are also most creative in the mid 30s and I think that is because we have lived enough to understand life, to a degree, and have developed the ability to think outside of the box.

I think he was talking about JoJo and his blaming the youth for everything.

No but there is a legitimate point to saying that peoples politics change. I mean from a purely nonacademic approach. You first vote when you are 18, maybe if you are unlucky, you vote on president when you are 21. so there is a chance you will only see one president in charge prior to turning 29. one reason i think they are going pro libertarian as they have seen what many of them are considering a shitty rep in bush and a shitty dem in obama.

that is not even taking into account how much you learn about the world from 18-30

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Posted by wfeliciana

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Posted on 7/18/14 at 1:51 pm to petar

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one reason i think they are going pro libertarian as they have seen what many of them are considering a shitty rep in bush and a shitty dem in obama.

that is not even taking into account how much you learn about the world from 18-30

I'm not sure they are going libertarian. This election should give us more of a read on that. I do think you have a generation of voters that really bought into Obama's message that politics as usual can be changed (as Palin said that "hopey-changey thing"). They've been disappointed. Now who they blame for that disappointment-Obama, the obstructionists in the House, a two party system-I don't know. I think we have to see how that shakes out when they vote again in a national election. Personally, I think they were just naive. Bill Clinton's description of that was right on to me-it was a fairy tale. Obama is not stupid, he is in fact too cerebral. He thinks politics should be intellectual. It is not and never will be. But hey, I'm old and my eyes were opened long ago.

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Posted by rintintin

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Posted on 7/18/14 at 2:15 pm to petar

I was laughing at his blanket statement condemning all young people as spoiled brats. While there surely are a litter of spoiled youth, I don't think it's as large a portion as one may think.

IMO young voters are more likely to vote democrat because of the lack of choices. I believe most have libertarian views, but the simple fact of only having 2 choices makes them choose the lesser of the evils in their eyes. This young generation doesn't relate to the old conservative view of strong religious beliefs, anti-gay, anti-drug, anti-abortion, pro-war (maybe pro-defense spending is a better term), etc. Young people relate to social issues much more than foreign policy, economic policy, taxation, etc, therefore they vote for what they know they believe in, and democrats hold the edge on those issues.

If a true Libertarian candidate had the limelight and was able to run on the same platform as democrats and republicans, I think they would receive a large portion of young votes.

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