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lavendergrowing101 t1_itvhxiw wrote

Dems need candidates who actually appeal to young voters. Candidates who support medicare for all, green new deal, student debt relief, etc. Unfortunately, the Dems at the top of the ticket this nov in RI aren't talking about any of these issues.

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Proof-Variation7005 t1_itvpt4y wrote

I don't disagree that the candidate choices could be better in countless examples but "young voters" isn't a significant voting bloc. It just never has been historically and it's silly to pretend there's some magical candidate who can change decades of data showing that young people really just don't vote at the same rate that older age groups do.

Plenty of campaigns have tried to focus on those issues and voters and usually lose badly in the primary stage.

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mooscaretaker OP t1_itvj0tj wrote

I think Seth Magaziner is but if you're looking at the governor's race, no they're not talking about it but that's outside their purview

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lavendergrowing101 t1_itvntmf wrote

Seth unfortunately doesn't support any of those policies I named. He's obviously still way better than Fung and we need to get him in office, but he's not doing much to court the youth vote.

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