The Kids Are All Libertarian: Are the Two Major Political Parties Disaffecting the Youth Vote?

by Fef Posted 2012/07/12 18:55:56

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Read the article to see how the two major political parties have disaffected the youth. Regardless if you agree with either the Democrats or the Republicans -- or if you agree with a two-party political system to begin with -- the two major political parties in America have a long ways to go in order to attract the youth vote.

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"The government sucks and gay marriage is cool." - The Kids

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P. Sturm 2012/09/13 22:38:49

Yes

Yes. Most of the ones I've heard are voting for any candidate who isn't a republican or democrat.

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Dave Ruble 2012/09/12 15:31:24 (edited)

Yes

After the stunts pulled at the conventions (both parties made rules changes over obvious majority dissent) proving that the will of the voters is secondary to the will of the elites.

There is no downside to voting third party this time.

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LibertyCaroline 2012/09/01 02:45:12

Yes

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The Youth understands the Republicans and Democrats deserve to lose votes and entire elections to the 3rd party candidates from here on out. They have wrapped us in a perpetual police state, they have robbed us of our wealth and rights, they have devalued our entire economy and they continue to bow down and sell out to foreign powers. It's time America got its nerve back and voted to disprove the myth of the 2 party system once and for all!

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Cynthia Wolf 2012/07/23 21:23:52

Yes

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They're both full of hypocrites that ultimately work together to scam Americans. GOP wants less government & taxes, but they want to lord over the People in their personal decisions. Dems don't give a rat about unborn babies but fight for the lives of fruit flies. Dems court illegals to get votes. But big biz smuggles them in as cheap labor for the jobs not outsourced. Ugh! We're broker than broke but we still bailout other nations & fight their civil wars while cutting American benefits. I enjoy popular uprisings. I loved The Tea Party. I am intrigued by The Occupy Movement, but I think they lack focus. God bless the USA

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CwrazyLwina 2012/07/20 23:28:12

No

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The kids (us) aren't all libertarian

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weirdchickalert 2012/07/18 08:32:51

No

Well i dont know!!

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T 2012/07/16 23:13:53

Yes

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"Our political system is a bowl of sh*t looking at itself in the mirror."

-Lewis Black

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metal360 2012/07/16 21:30:41

Yes

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Maybe the youth figured out who gets to pay off the deficit.

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Fixitman 2012/07/16 18:23:41

Yes

I should hope so, although I've seen many who tend to be Democrats even though that party has proven ineffective in dealing with the economy, as are the Republicans. It's all business as usual. Unfortunately many of today's youth buy the lies of the Democrats much easier than they buy the lies of the Republicans, and don't come to their own logical conclusions, such as stopping all imports from China and requiring those products to be made in America, or removing any American company who does trade in any other country from our economy, confiscating all foreign interests they may hold, and defaulting on the "national debt" and requiring that US currency ONLY be used inside the USA.

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Groundskeeper Willy 2012/07/16 13:18:31

Yes

The college age kids I've met, who've not yet been indoctrinated by some of the douchy marxist professors that reside at levels of academia, trend libertarian, which puts them in a place where they need to choose between the their idealism, or the lesser of two evils.
I disagree with the republican party on many levels, yet the alternative is the democrat party that has been since 1913 responsible for the destruction of our economic, social, and moral fabric.

Some on the RNC tend to be religious wingnuts, but i will take a religious wingnut any day over the fascist/marxist wing nuts of the left.

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Bob D 2012/07/16 11:59:39

Yes

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"The kids" don't have a monopoly on disaffection toward both parties. Both parties spend money we don't have on perpetual war. And then they criticize the North Koreas and the old Soviet Union for doing the same thing. They are truly sick.

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bt sedlock 2012/07/16 05:44:47

No

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I think inspite of all the problems that this present admininstration has gotten this country and it's people into, the majority of youth will still vote for Obama for reelection as president.

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bt sedlock to bt sedlock 2012/07/16 05:49:12

They'll vote for Obama inspite his disasterous recording and apalling approval rating.

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nana g 2012/07/16 03:49:38

Yes

They are also turning off me.....

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Bob 2012/07/16 02:51:22 (edited)

No

Number one the country does not take it's marching orders from kids. Kids think they know way more than they do. I was no exception when I was a kid I thought I knew it all. Politics is a messy business there is a lot at stake, do I always feel comfortable about what I see and hear? No. We have two fundamentally different parties and many third parties libertarians included. Why should anyone be surprised if kids can't handle the ruff and tumble of grown up politics. That's why it is better for adults to do the politicking.

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bt sedlock to Bob 2012/07/16 05:51:55

Obama has proven himself to be a typical politician whose full of hot air and has the same old rhetoric as all poticians do.

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Jacqui 2012/07/16 01:49:20 (edited)

Yes

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There are no 2 major parties, it is one party.

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Dave Ruble to Jacqui 2012/09/12 15:35:33

I wanted to give + 10.

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t.eliot, topbard 2012/07/15 21:55:43

Yes

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Both major parties are morally bankrupt tools of the corporate state. Any thinking person should be disaffected and furious. The two party system needs to be blown up since neither party gives a damn about interests of the people, the country or the world.

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keith 2012/07/15 21:26:33

Yes

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Kurt Vonnegut once wrote that there is really only one party in the U.S.A., the Capitalist Party. The Liberals make socialist laws that guarantee cash flow to the Republican run businesses so that the Republican Party wont take them apart. Examples include the Community Reinvestment Act insuring low income mortgages and Obama-Care, insuring the incomes of doctors and pharmacists and healthcare companies. If you don't get this, you won't understand why these two failures of political parties are still in power with viable alternatives, such as Libertarian, available. The Republican And Democratic parties are maintenance parties taking care of an old economic order created around a century ago: capitalism v. socialism. There will be no way to get beyond this ideological log jam as long as they remain in control of the governments of the United States.

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snell PWCM/AVA~GOD & COUNTR... 2012/07/15 19:16:34

No

There is currently nothing dis(A)ffecting the Libertarian 'Youth Vote' - just look at what we got in the Big House. I'd say they're pretty (E)ffective in that venue. Youth are notorious
Sheeple - youth follows youth. They don't really stand for anything yet - so they gravitate and flow with what the popular thought of the moment is and go with that.

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Heisenberg 2012/07/15 18:31:51

Yes

They are to a certain degree. The new Libertarian philosophy sounds cool and sexy on paper, but it's impractical in reality. If most people knew limited government is unfeasible in a country of 315 million people that's the breadbasket of the global economy, they would strongly reconsider.

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☆stillthe12c☆ 2012/07/15 17:49:18

No

I really have no idea as they are easily influenced. Last time they went for Obama's BS. It seems this has lost some steam this election. The two major parties at this time seem to be left and more left. The Republican party is talking Conservative, We will not know until they are back in power again. Under Bush they spent like crazy then the Democrats came in to show them that they could be out done easily.

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Pronatalist Pronatalist 2012/07/15 17:44:54

Yes

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Ron Paul 2012!

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vdehl 2012/07/15 16:08:02

Yes

They are hard to reach. Parents tell them to stay out of it. Well... Rock the vote!

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Arisu 2012/07/15 15:37:46

Yes

Being rather young myself I can definitely say that voting does not come as top priority to me, because issues that I am interested in are not addressed to me properly.

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BlueMax372 2012/07/15 15:31:24 (edited)

Yes

But do "the kids" know the difference between being a libertarian and being a libertine?

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CAPISCE 2012/07/15 15:20:11

No

What does it say about you if your views are the same as a childs?

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Manuel 2012/07/15 14:59:23

No

the Young Voters that are Still Undecided is only 30%...but also there are millions more that just turned 18 and will probably vote for Obama because of his polices on student loans and gay rights...

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bleep 2012/07/15 14:40:06

Yes

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Demacrats want to reduce the amount of companies there are by adding more enforcements. Republicans have not been republicans since reagan. Yep politicians take obseen amounts of money from special interest groups. This no longer the land of the free unless you got money. If you don't have money you will be fined and harrassed till you lose hope.

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Rodney Stanton 2012/07/15 14:21:09

Yes

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Romneycar - Obamacare? Where is the choice?

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Aegle 2012/07/15 11:05:08

No

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I meant to click "Yes." I have always been an independent party and taken crap for it by being the outcast from my family and friend group, but either of the parties have yet to convince me that one is better than the other.

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ticlo7 2012/07/15 10:05:41

Yes

I'm not sure about America, but for me a lot of young people hold little to no interest in politics, yet when they're finally educated on it, they just think the whole thing is ridiculous but go for whatever party seems to appeal to them, quite often based on one thing.

From what I've seen about politics in most countries like the US and UK, it just goes in a roundabout. No matter what, the public will seemingly hate the government currently in power, vote for the other party, then hate the new government. However, people supporting that party will find every positive aspect of the new government to critisise the old government and one group of people will just blame a previous government for eveything that's happened.

Oh how I can't wait to grow up and join in!

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Angryface01 2012/07/15 06:37:00

Yes

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...but I admit I had to look up "disaffecting" before I could answer the question.

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RobertRowe 2012/07/15 06:34:32

Yes

but sadly in areas where the voter counts are youngens they use electronic voting machines that way the elephant and donkey parties 'puppet masters' can rig the elections to go how they want. if you are a young voter from 18 to my youngest cousins age 22 reading this, PLEASE INSIST on paper like myself(32) and the generations upto your grandparents use and fill in dots PLEASE? with filling in the dots there is a paper trail to actually do a hand recount, where just like american idol has been done for ratings, the electronics can be RIGGED for whoever the puppeteer wants on the white house.

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Todd_I 2012/07/15 05:20:34

Yes

Yes, I'm an indie even though I lean conservative. But, I've seen both parties do really stupid thing for reasons that aren't clear to me.

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Jacker The Capper 2012/07/15 04:54:06 (edited)

No

I would say most young people are Democrats. But many are Libertarian tho.

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Colby Minor 2012/07/15 03:40:13

Yes

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I think we should get rid of parties, and find a new system to elect members of government, most importantly the president. The race shouldn't be between two people. And the electoral college is useless and dumb now. USA is supposed to be a government for the people by the people. Now it's a government for the lobbyist by the government.

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WWZ Captain 2012/07/15 03:32:04

Yes

With all the venom the 2 major parties are spitting back and forth, hell, that would turn anybody off. I honestly don't know if I'm voting at all this year. It's really coming down to a pick your poison type of situation, as far as I'm concerned.

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RobertRowe to WWZ Cap... 2012/07/15 06:41:05

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please vote with paper and as a bitchslap just vote 'NO' on all the amendments and vote for any candidate on the paper who isn't a donkey or elephant. if the outsider gets a good amount of votes but still loses you did do a good job by flabbergasting the dem/rep committees by having the outsider do much better than predicted by the committees.

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