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egbertowillies

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Tue Nov 28, 2017, 05:09 PM Nov 2017

Trump ensuring the apathetic youth become the angry vote

Trump and the Republicans are passing policies that will undoubtedly activate a base that is sometimes not reliable., the youth It is as if they have a death wish. But do they have an ally in the media to attenuate the expected anger?

John Young wrote a prescient article titled "The youth vote: from apathetic to angry" where he pointed out that Trump owes his victory to youth apathy or a general malaise regarding ballot choices.

"Things have changed," Young writes. "Observe the surge of young voters turning out for Democrats in Virginia, New Jersey, and Washington State Nov. 7. Trump and the Republicans are digging a hole among those voters that could leave them on the outs for a generation."

Young enumerates a short if an incomplete list of policies that hurt young people directly and almost immediately.

https://egbertowillies.com/2017/11/28/trump-make-apathetic-youth-angry/

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Trump ensuring the apathetic youth become the angry vote (Original Post) egbertowillies Nov 2017 OP
The Trump Tax Hike will enrage the young further. lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #1
2018 and 2020 and 2022 and 2024 will show if this is wishful thinking or a real sign. eom guillaumeb Nov 2017 #2
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