Posted on 05/20/2018 1:00:04 PM PDT by Blue House Sue
WASHINGTON — The pace of new voter registrations among young people in crucial states is accelerating, a signal that school shootings this year — and the anger and political organizing in their wake — may prove to be more than ephemeral displays of activism.
They could even help shape the outcome of the midterm elections. If voters in their teens and 20s vote in greater numbers than usual, as many promised during nationwide marches for gun control this spring, the groundswell could affect close races in key states like Arizona and Florida, where there will be competitive races for governor, the Senate and a number of House districts in November.
The deadly shooting on Friday at Santa Fe High School in Texas will probably add urgency to the efforts. Hours after the carnage, young organizers mobilized by the February mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., were vowing a political response.
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I can’t believe there are enough 20-something useful idiots out there to make a material difference.
The illegal vote and the dead vote are more of a concern it seems to me.
It’s not that so many are converting to Democrat. Just so many that are Democrat that didn’t vote in these elections usually will this time. We shall see.
Yep and the more the Anti Gun Jihad rants, the worse the Democrats standing in generic polling gets.
Guns are the new third rail in US Politics. Thankfully the wack jobs who run the Democrat party are too stupid to learn that.
The rats have lost some of the minority vote and hope to make it up with the ditzy youth vote.
Registering has never been the issue
Getting the little darlings out to actually vote is a different issue
By autumn they will be back to snorting condoms. And Halloween and zombie obsessions will pick up the slack.
When it comes to actually turning off the X box and getting their butts out of bed the numbers will drop drastically.
Fakenews
Not responsible enough to buy a gun under 21, but can vote. Don’t make sense.
Agit prop
I’m afraid our side is a bit asleep at the wheel.
Newsflash to the MSM....Millenials are more pro life and pro gun than previous generations according to multiple opinion polls. Keep pushing gun grabbing through November though.
Unless you’re here illegally.
Then just go vote.
That age group historically don’t bother to go vote on voting day.
I would not be surprised if X Box Network and PSN are down for "scheduled maintenance" on election day, along with a "you can't play but you can vote" PR campaign (nudge by the left coast leftists).
The left continues to gin up this fake anti-gun crusade. Meanwhile polls show American’s support of private gun ownership has grown over the last 40 years.
Blood is always good for leftist politicians and the media. They relish in the horror and chaos. They are very sick people. None of this has anything to do with solving problems but advancing agenda. The kids are too stupid to realize it.
And they’ll fall for it every time a candidate lies to them about wanting to do something about gun violence.
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