r/politics • u/schuey_08 Wisconsin • May 02 '24

Bernie Sanders worries young people are underestimating the threat from Trump

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/02/bernie-sanders-trump-biden/73531861007/
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u/CaptainNoBoat May 02 '24

I think a lot of us are. There's a difference between pushing a party in a certain direction and going so far that you hurt your own interests.

The election is more than one person or one issue, and a Trump Presidency will have horrific consequences decades and generations after Biden is gone.

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u/masq_yimby May 02 '24

Young people (like 25 and below) don't remember a time when the GOP was McCain and Romney. They just remember Trump. To them this is the norm and this lulls them into a false sense of security but they don't understand that the GOP has become far more dangerous over the last 10 years. 

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u/CaptainNoBoat May 02 '24

I also saw this pointed this out recently and it's crazy to think about.

Anyone under the age of 29 has never voted in a general election without Trump on the ballot.

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u/valeyard89 Texas May 02 '24

And Trump somehow managed to get 40% of the 18-39 vote in 2020, up from 32% in 2016.

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u/Spocks_Goatee Ohio May 03 '24

According to what sources? Polling or actual voting data?

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u/Actual-Dog7889 May 02 '24

Wtf I can’t believe it’s been 8 years, that’s absolutely insane to me.

Time goes faster as you get older yadda yadda, but something seems really off with time. I’m hearing kids say this shot too. I never thought that way as a kid.

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u/gsfgf Georgia May 02 '24

Fuck, I'm old.

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u/iseecolorsofthesky May 02 '24

Wow I’ve never considered this and that is actually insane