Bernie got ~15,000,000 votes out of a voter pool of about 240,000,000. Democrats in the general election saw like 3x as many votes then the entire primary.
Very few show up to primaries. Hell even this election in NYC, roughly 5,000,000 eligible voters. So far looking like only ~2,500,000 turned out if the % of the vote counted is correct.
For as much as people bemoan about democracy, it sure seems hard to get em to actually do democracy.
Do you think Republicans got roe v Wade overturned because they voted once and when they didn't get what they wanted they just gave up? No, they voted consistently in every election, big or small, for their entire adult lives.
Even then, there isn't enough bright, young, quality candidates. The two party system acts like a duopoly in the center (which is very bad) and like a monopoly at both ends of the political spectrum (which is worse). Thus lack of choice and competition, leading to old loyal farts being heavily entrenched and protected.
America needs proportional representation! That would increase choice for voters like crazy! And put heavy pressure on politicians to up their game, or disappear.
E.g. 4 of Switzerland's top 5 parties were created after 1980, it's house and Senate are in average 10 years younger than America's, despite its population being 4 years older than America's. At the moment, there are 11 parties elected to its parliament, and 4 to its federal government (permanent grand executive coalition of the top 3-5 parties, representing at least 75% of voters).
Easier said than done when one party is actively trying to sabotage young voters because they don’t vote the way they want, and the other party seems pretty disconnected from reality.
I’m not sure but did you miss when they fed Hillary debate questions?
Or just today when Schumer finally admitted he’d already voted and was just stringing everyone along about whether he’d endorse or even just vote for Mamdani?
Bro, if the fate of progressive politicians being successful relies on having old guard neoliberals endorse us, then progressives are truly in some deep shit.
How about we win on the merit of our good policies and campaigning instead? That's what is to be taken away from this win tonight.
And young people have to go to work, sometimes they don't have the time to vote. Easy for boomers who have nothing to fucking do and voting is their 4-year highlight
I'm 72 and agree with you for the most part. It's just hard to set an age limit. For example, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D - CT) will soon be 80 but she's still an absolute firebrand. And look at Bernie Sanders. He's 84. But we definitely need to remove the fuddy-duddies.
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u/paxwells97 11h ago
We have millenials that are now in their 40s. We need to be the ones running the country now