WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - Several top White House aides say they are confident protests across U.S. college campuses against Israel’s offensive in Gaza will not translate into significantly fewer votes for Joe Biden in November’s election, despite polls showing many Democrats are deeply unhappy about the president’s policy on the war.
The White House optimism on the issue, which is shared by many in the Biden campaign, runs contrary to dire warnings from some Democratic strategists and youth organizers who warn misjudging the situation could cost Biden votes in a tight race with Republican rival Donald Trump.
College kids have crappy turnout. This is very well documented.
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated 54.1% of 18- to 29-year-olds voted in 2020, which had the highest youth turnout overall of any election in the 21st century.
Average across all ages is 60%
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6% is probably representative of millions of votes.
So you won’t be blaming them if Trump wins? If they’re insignificant enough to ignore, they’re too insignificant to blame.
Don’t shoot the messenger.
I’ll absolutely be blaming them if the margin is close enough to make a difference. Because that is how it works. The votes are needed until they aren’t needed and we won’t know what’s needed until someone is elected.
You shouldn’t need this explained to you.
I will say however, that like previous election years- all of you anti-[whoever is the democratic candidate] folk will predictably disappear the moment the election is called.
I wonder why that is….
Of course you’ll blame anyone but Biden if he loses.
You don’t have the point you think you have. It only makes you look like you don’t understand how things work. And trust me when I says this…. Even one is aware of it.
And no, I’m not going to explain any of this to you again, so don’t bother with your questions. I and many others have been trolled by you and your bad-faith responses where you rewrite the talking points so that it suits whatever it is you’re trying to say, only for you to pretend to be the victim.
I’m sure you and your many sock puppet accounts are going to report me now so…. Do your thing.
If you had defensible positions, you would do something other than gaslighting, abuse, and baseless accusations.
And if you had a point, you wouldn’t need to change the topic or rewrite what people say to you.
We’re done here.
I’ve heard this lie before from you.
You know, for two guys who have claimed, repeatedly, “Imma block you!” you really seem intent on replying to each other.
Please, engage the block. I don’t want to have to ban either of you, but the repeated slap fights are tiresome.
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No we’re not, because despite you saying you’re done with the conversation because you know it won’t go anywhere, you seem incapable of walking away without having the last word.
You know, for two guys who have claimed, repeatedly, “Imma block you!” you really seem intent on replying to each other.
Please, engage the block. I don’t want to have to ban either of you, but the repeated slap fights are tiresome.
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No, I would blame Biden for being a complete fucking ass about the whole Palestinian Genocide.
There’s a right side and a wrong side here. To be incredibly blunt: the fact that Jewish people endured the Holocaust does not give Israel carte blanche to perpetrate their own genocide. And that puts aside the fact that Israel is NOT, in fact, synonymous with Jewish people. There are a hell of a lot of Jews (including Israeli civilians) who vehemently object to what’s happening.
Nope. I’ll be blaming singe-issue voters. You can blame whoever you want. When you’re ready to understand nuance and how Biden has little choice in this matter and how congress actually works, we can talk.
But until then, yeah… if you’re not voting, or voting third party because you think you’re teaching someone a lesson- I’ll be blaming you.
But we both know you’ll just reroll as a victim of Trump come November when you help him win.
Sorry, buddy, but no, we won’t let you and Biden have your genocide and another term, too. If it’s that important that he has four more years, Biden knows what he needs to do. Being able to look past genocide isn’t enlightened, pragmatic or strategic, it’s moral depravity.
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Not exactly how I would put it, especially here- but yeah… I don’t know how they can expect to do nothing and create change. But they’re young and naive.
Hopefully they don’t ruin so much shit for themselves that can’t be undone when they begin to understand how things work.
I just call it like I see it man, no point in softening language
Defending genocide with ableist slurs. It’s certainly a choice, I’ll grant you that.