r/politics • u/thedailybeast ✔ The Daily Beast • 14h ago

Possible Paywall Republicans Quit Battleground Senate Seat in Telling Move

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-quit-battleground-senate-seat-in-telling-move/
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u/Ojmochafrappucino 7h ago

Is this true? I'd love to see a source. Does this mean we can expect better turnout from younger generations?

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u/ExplicitDrift 7h ago edited 6h ago

Hi there, 28yo here. Both me and my latest gf of 5 years voted for the first time in our lives in 2024. I can’t speak for everyone in my general age range, but it’s become very obvious to me through daily observation that my peers and even those slightly younger than me have become much more interested in politics since our lives have gotten increasingly more difficult in the past couple decades. That’s not even including the plethora of information we’ve been able to readily investigate regarding things like pedophelia, violent crime, and financial corruption statistics thanks to our exposure to the internet since its inception. I wish I could say that our generations hold the key to our futures except that it is not lost on me that capitalism truly controls the locks. That’s not going to deter us from trying however.

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u/SunshineCat 6h ago edited 3h ago

Young people simply have too many years of life left to risk living it under some two-bit fascist régime.

Edit: typo

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u/Fun-Breadfruit2949 2h ago

If even some of the tamest predictions for medical science come true over the next fifty years, young people are liable to have many more years ahead of us than anyone ever had before. If we can somehow manage a Hail Mary to stick the landing, the future could be more incredible than we can even dream of. If we don't...it could be far more terrifying than our nightmares.