YoBuckStopsHereBiden confronts a 'pissed-off generation' of young voters who may be decisive in 2024
Aniki 🌱🌿Biden has done absolutely nothing to improve my QOL.
This is not an endorsement of the GOP.
Frank J. ZamboniIs that really the fault of Biden though? His first two years were held hostage by Manchin and Sinema and now he no longer has a majority in the house. The president can only sign bills into law not make them out of thin air. I am not a huge Biden fan as I think he is too old to lead but I think he has done ok under the conditions he has.
Similar to the other comment, “fault” doesn’t have a ton to do with it. Things needed to get done, and didn’t, so they still need to be done, and they (Biden and the Dems) aren’t capable of making it happen. That doesn’t really leave any good options but it’s not going to stop people from looking for one. This one is going to be the bad kind of exciting again.
Voting for the GOP will make things happen but in the wrong direction. Driving off a cliff while still moving is not very desirable in my book.
The issue is turnout.
I always vote, because I'm lucky enough to get paid time off work for it and little to no wait time.
Some people have to take a day off work and wait 4-8 hours in line.
We could sit around and complain about nonvoters, or we can try to increase voter engagement. But the party needs to make that choice too, and they're not really great at the second option.
…but what’s the root cause of low turnout?
I’ll tell you: it’s because the vast majority of politicians that we elect our system railroads us into choosing between and electing are essentially useless grifter assholes, and are, with a few exceptions, either deeply uninspiring or straight up never follow through on things they campaign on. And our entrenched two-party system only makes it worse. And then there’s lobbying.
Or, the shorter version: public opinion and the passage or rejection of laws in America have a statistical correlation of 0, unless you sample from the very top end of the socioeconomic scale
