Summary

Ahead of the 2024 election, Generation Z has sparked a trend on TikTok, “canceling out” family members’ votes by voting opposite their Trump-supporting relatives. Many young women post videos showing them voting for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, contrasting with family members supporting Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Although Gen Z voters lean slightly toward Harris, a significant portion supports Trump. With over 47 million early votes cast, polls show a tight race, especially in key swing states.

  • @Ensign_Crab
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    2215 hours ago

    Huh. I thought young people never voted, so we could ignore their concerns.

    Guess that was a fucking lie from people who just wanted to ignore young people’s concerns.

    • macrocarpa
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      04 hours ago

      Orrrr…hear me out here

      This is a news article about a set of social media posts and has absolutely no link or relevance to the voting register.

      you know the cool thing about people voting? You know who has voted and in what age group they are. Then you can look at the age group and say things like hmmm wow thats weird there are like 34 million people in the US between 18 and 24, but only 7 million of them voted, I wonder if the other 27 million would have swayed the margin on an election decided by hundreds of thousands of votes

      Young people aren’t participating yet they have the most skin in the game. It’s daft.

      Imo Implement compulsory voting, introduce third parties that can act as a protest vote, watch what the fuck happens. Suddenly the major parties have to be accountable outside their base.

    • @Telodzrum
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      510 hours ago

      The data doesn’t lie. People under 30 vote at embarrassingly lower rates than every other group.

      • @Ensign_Crab
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        310 hours ago

        Do they vote for Democrats less than Republicans vote for Democrats? Because the party expends a fuckton of effort on trying to win over Republicans.

        • @Frigid
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          010 hours ago

          To put it in a way Lemmy would understand: who is it easier to convince to try out your favorite distro, an Ubuntu user or someone who’s never used Linux?

          • @Ensign_Crab
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            11 hour ago

            And Democrats keep trying to win over hostile Windows users.

      • unalivejoy
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        05 hours ago

        Can confirm. I am 30 and voted. My brother is 29 and claims to not vote.

      • @[email protected]
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        -18 hours ago

        Because people under 30 never have anyone to represent them. And it’s not a “oh they don’t match my views 100% so I’m not gonna pick either” thing, for the average leftist we’re lucky to get a choice between someone who represents us 0%, or 0.2%.

        • @Telodzrum
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          48 hours ago

          Bullshit, quit providing post hoc justification for your own shitty behavior.

    • @[email protected]
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      1213 hours ago

      It will take a while for us to get past the inertia of Boomers who have been gaslighting everyone for decades.

      • @Ensign_Crab
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        212 hours ago

        And centrists who don’t want to listen to more progressive youngins.