Re:You’re an Adult. Your Brain, Not So Much
by austincheney on Thursday December 22, 2016 @10:46AM
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I have no idea what that means. Statistically young people don't vote. I think its close to around 6% of 18-24 year olds vote in presidential elections with a statistically insignificant amount voting in other elections.
Re:You’re an Adult. Your Brain, Not So Much
by debaserab2 on Thursday December 22, 2016 @11:13AM
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I don't know where you got those numbers from. The lowest I can find is in the 30% range for a presidential election. It's a bit disingenuous to write that off completely.
Re:You’re an Adult. Your Brain, Not So Much
by austincheney on Thursday December 22, 2016 @11:34AM
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http://www.civicyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/CIRCLE_....
Turns out I was wrong. Youngsters aren't 6% of the vote, but closer to about 9%. Still tiny though. The data indicates people who are registered voters are about twice as likely to become a voter after the age of 25.
Re:You’re an Adult. Your Brain, Not So Much
by ianburrell on Thursday December 22, 2016 @11:59AM
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You are confused about the difference between percentage of youngsters who vote, which is 40%, and the percentage of the total vote that are youngsters, which is 9%. But 18-24 is probably only 10% of the voting population.
Re:You’re an Adult. Your Brain, Not So Much
by debaserab2 on Thursday December 22, 2016 @12:37PM
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That link didn't work for me.
Not quite. They do not vote on "old people". Why? Anything from simply age to not feeling older people understand their world and situation.