2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: My friend the non-voter and why so many stayed home. [View all]2naSalit
(92,732 posts)two groups... a bit unusual, I never heard anyone under 30 claim they neither voted in the past or had no intent this past election. I know intelligent women over 40 who said all the negative memes about HRC and gave no indication who they would vote for or would respond to my protest of voting for the other with, "Yeah, weeelll... he might do the right thing... you never know, and I don't want four more years of Obama!" Seriously, several women said that to me, I don't speak with them anymore.
I know too many aged 45+ who just don't vote. As for those who don't vote at all, it suddenly makes me question their level of intellect, with some it's obvious that the concepts involved in understanding any law or any ordinance is far too complex for them so they glaze over and fall to sleep. The smarter ones either say they are too busy and think they have no efficacy and some fancy romantic notions of themselves as some kind of outlaw and it wouldn't matter if they did and they don't want to serve on a jury either and won't register for that reason... some never even get a driver's license so they can't be found.
It's quite a mixed bag, there also are many with whom political conversation should be avoided all together, trust me.
I am at a loss for answers that aren't immediately contested, even though something different must be done immediately of we risk losing everything, and I mean everything quickly.