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Zoonart

(11,860 posts)
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 08:57 AM Oct 2020

This is interesting: "the kid curmudgeons."

Tim Alberta/Politico:

4 Funny Feelings About 2020

With 28 days until the election, it’s time to inch out on a limb.

I do believe, however, there is a silent majority against Trump. In my travels, this group could be considered “the kid curmudgeons.” They are younger Gen Xers and older millennials: college-educated folks ages roughly 28 to 42, who are not ideological, who are not partisan, who consume little political news, who rarely if ever vote, but who might flood the polls this fall simply because Donald Trump annoys them.

Is that overly simplistic? Perhaps. But I’ve been stunned at how many people I’ve encountered who fit this description. They’re establishing careers, starting families, buying first homes—building a life—and don’t really have the time or inclination to get engaged politically. They don’t know a ton about either party’s policy platform or legislative record. What they do know is Trump irritates them to no end. He reminds them of the lightweight underclassmen at a college kegger; his raucousness was entertaining at first, but the act has worn awfully thin. They just want to get rid of him and get on with the party.


https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/7/1983973/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-America-gets-a-focused-look-at-Trump-and-doesn-t-like-what-it-sees
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This is interesting: "the kid curmudgeons." (Original Post) Zoonart Oct 2020 OP
Fine, whatever, we'll take it. JudyM Oct 2020 #1
We will take every vote we can get. nt Ferrets are Cool Oct 2020 #2

JudyM

(29,236 posts)
1. Fine, whatever, we'll take it.
Wed Oct 7, 2020, 09:10 AM
Oct 2020

They’ll likely see such a big social change with Dems at the helm that they’ll end up recognising the difference between the parties and continue voting for us. We hope.

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