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According to a HARVARD poll DISAPPROVAL of GAG will cause young people to vote. Disapproval moves mountains, drives people to do. More so?

Why so?

You will show up to vote against more often than you will show up to vote for.

Posted - April 23, 2020
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  • 34762
    Young people do not vote in large numbers. For or against anyone. 
      April 23, 2020 6:20 AM MDT
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  • 11277
    Bet that will change in 2020. Cheers!
      April 23, 2020 7:08 AM MDT
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  • 34762
    They say that every year.  Ask Bernie how that played out for him. 
      April 23, 2020 7:12 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    :):):)
      April 23, 2020 8:00 AM MDT
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  • 2706
    According to the Harvard Poll perhaps. After the failures of recent years, it's pretty much a gimme that polls have basically no predictive value. Sentiments, for or against a political figure, is no guarantee it will manifest itself at the voting booth.

    That said, in 1972, the first year 18 to 20 year-olds were allowed to vote, 55 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds cast ballots. Only 43 percent of that age group voted in 2016 and just 16 percent turned out to vote in 2014.

    Turnout among young voters is typically 20-30 percentage points lower than among older citizens. And youth turnout has never matched that of 1972. So what makes Harvard think things will be any different this time around?
      April 23, 2020 8:07 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    Of course a Harvard poll would show that. Elite colleges and universities are known for extreme lefty bias in those ivy-covered buildings and towers.
      April 23, 2020 8:25 AM MDT
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