It's only February. Leftists in the national media have plenty of additional time within which to project their various disorders.
Having said that, however, we've already been treated to a sufficient modicum of media idiocy, haven't we?
Click the below link for the best example -- or worst, depending upon your perspective -- of MSM cognitive dissonance.
The "Year of the Youth Vote"
This one takes the cake.
It's absurd. It's preposterous. It's completely asinine. You'd have to write for National Review Online to believe it. Seriously.
On Super Tuesday, in the crucial state of California, the 18-24 year-old demographic made up 7% of the Democrat primary and 5% of the GOP primary. In the South Carolina Democrat primary -- arguably the most vicious and hotly-contested presidential primary ever waged(!) -- that same demographic made up merely 8% of the total.
Young people never vote in large numbers. They weren't a significant part of the voting electorate 40 years ago. They weren't a big portion of the electorate 20 years ago. They didn't show up last time around. (Remember the "Vote or Die!" campaign? Well, they played dead.) They're not going to be a major electoral bloc in November.
Eighty-plus percent of November's general election ballots will be cast by people above the age of 30. Ninety-plus percent will be cast by those above 25 years old. Ninety-five-plus percent of November's votes will be cast by those above the age of 22.
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Comments (11)
This happens every election... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Mark L
| February 21, 2008 9:19 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
This happens every election cycle. There seems to be an optimism in the press that "this time" the youth will come out and influence the vote. They run stories about who the youth are supporting and how they will finally "make a difference". Come election day, though, the same small percentage turn out.
That just means I'm old enough to have seen this pattern and have learned to ignore it.
1. Posted by Mark L
| February 21, 2008 9:19 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on February 21, 2008 21:19
2. Posted by Yeff | February 21, 2008 9:40 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
This will be the year of the youth vote. It'll also be the year of desktop Linux...
Yes, that was sarcasm.
2. Posted by Yeff | February 21, 2008 9:40 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on February 21, 2008 21:40
3. Posted by marc | February 21, 2008 10:00 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
"(Remember the "Vote or Die!" campaign? Well, they played dead.) They're not going to be a major electoral bloc in November.
Howard The Duck Dean relied on the "youth vote."
They couldn't be pried away from their x-Boxes and other mind numbing trinkets to be bothered and it led to the The Scream!"
3. Posted by marc | February 21, 2008 10:00 PM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on February 21, 2008 22:00
4. Posted by Geminichuck | February 21, 2008 10:32 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Very encouraging statistics since so many Obama supporters are so young.
4. Posted by Geminichuck | February 21, 2008 10:32 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on February 21, 2008 22:32
5. Posted by david | February 21, 2008 11:20 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The young people seem to really enjoy the "party"-like atmosphere of campaign rallies and the enthusiasm and exuberance of being part of a "movement," but it appears that actually, you know, VOTING is too complicated or boring.
5. Posted by david | February 21, 2008 11:20 PM |
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Posted on February 21, 2008 23:20
6. Posted by James Cloninger | February 21, 2008 11:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The "Year of the Youth Vote"
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We've heard this song before:
Vote or Die!
Rock the Vote!
In fact, this old meme goes back further than that:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_vote
6. Posted by James Cloninger | February 21, 2008 11:42 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on February 21, 2008 23:42
7. Posted by WildWillie | February 22, 2008 7:21 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Baby boomers rule! ww
7. Posted by WildWillie | February 22, 2008 7:21 AM |
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Posted on February 22, 2008 07:21
8. Posted by Mark L | February 22, 2008 8:34 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well, my middle son (22) is coming back from college this weekend to early vote in the Texas primary, and my youngest son, who turns 18 in October, looks forward to casting his first vote this November.
Both of them plan to vote Republican, so (ipso facto) neither are part of the youth vote.
8. Posted by Mark L | February 22, 2008 8:34 AM |
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Posted on February 22, 2008 08:34
9. Posted by Les Nessman | February 22, 2008 9:46 AM | Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
It's absurd. It's preposterous. It's completely asinine. You'd have to write for National Review Online to believe it. Seriously.
Heh. Someone has a National Review Online fetish. What's the backstory here? Did Bill Buckley pee in your cornflakes?
9. Posted by Les Nessman | February 22, 2008 9:46 AM |
Score: -1 (1 votes cast)
Posted on February 22, 2008 09:46
10. Posted by Mikey | February 22, 2008 10:03 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Back in the day the leftists saw the campus unrest of the 1960's and decided that the youth were proto-revolutionaries. If they could just get them the vote, then they could overturn the establishment, man!
Forty years later these same marxists (now older and smellier) are still waiting for the youth vote to arrive and overturn the establishment - forgetting two things in their addled dotage: (A) Godot will get here before the youth vote; and (B) they are the current establishment!
10. Posted by Mikey | February 22, 2008 10:03 AM |
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Posted on February 22, 2008 10:03
11. Posted by Faith+1 | February 22, 2008 1:02 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
It is not an insignificant indicator that "Obama girl" couldn't take the time to actually vote.
11. Posted by Faith+1 | February 22, 2008 1:02 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on February 22, 2008 13:02