Posted on 04/27/2016 11:48:17 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer is launching a $25 million campaign to get millennials to vote for candidates who care about climate change this year.
The effort through Steyer’s NextGen Climate organization, for which he’s the main donor, will focus on sending campaigners to more than 200 colleges in seven battleground states.
Steyer said the effort is meant to take advantage of millennials’ strong convictions and desire to take action on climate change and to direct that energy toward electing the right people to office.
“Today, over 80 percent of young voters prefer candidates who offer clean energy solutions, so they can turn their enthusiasm into real, tangible, political power,” Steyer told reporters Monday.
“When young people engage in the political conversation, when they turn out and vote, when they use the fact that they are the biggest cohort in this election cycle, incredible things can happen,” he said.
NextGen's efforts are focused both on the presidential race and on Senate campaigns, since Democrats believe they have a good shot at retaking control of the Senate. The campaign will connet with at least 203 college campuses in Pennsylvania, Iowa, Ohio, New Hampshire, Nevada, Illinois and Colorado.
Steyer has hosted fundraisers for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the current Democratic presidential front-runner and has endorsed only Democrats in the past. But he declined Monday to formally endorse candidates in any races.
“The time will come when we do think that it will be very clear and we can make a decision, but so far, we’ve tried to play it even-steven between parties, between candidates, and let the voters draw their own conclusions,” he said. “We will give out specific endorsements.”
Heather Hargreaves, NextGen’s vice president, said the millennial campaign is likely to center on voter-to-voter interactions, eschewing traditional media like television campaigns in favor of Snapchat events, brewery tours, concerts and the like.
“Our campus program is unparalleled by any non-candidate campaign, and shows the size and scope of the enthusiasm for climate action among young voters.”
I wonder how many “don’t name the big hat” Corporations he set up to soak the last $ out of these kids and their parents!?
Millennials are the only group stupid enough to buy what this jag-off is selling.
Waste of money.
They are all supporting The Bern.
At least he is wasting HIS money.
That's pretty much the whole truth, right there.
It’s not a waste of money depending on how you view it. To the extent it encourages Sanders to run as an independent and divert the millennials from voting for the Democrat candidate, it’s all good. Splitting the vote is a good thing when it’s against you.
That’s what we need —
More brain dead voters who think the civil war was fought in the 1960’s and Bill Clinton was the first president.
“Millennials are the only group stupid enough to buy what this jag-off is selling.”
Don’t forget to thank their parents for allowing the public schools to steal the minds of their children.
From the “climate activist” who made his fortune from coal.
Rock the Vote, Dude!
Democrats have been trying to do this since 1984. Has never been effective.
Millenials are NOT going to show up to vote to save the planet.
Now to get student loans forgiven....that’s another matter.
Tom Steyer is going after younger people who he can buy by giving them a free tee shirt
That’s only when she is in New Zealand.
Did you know that Hillary climbed Mount Everest? With Huma as her guide.
The Millenials are going to ruin this country for good, unless the next generations somehow end up conservative.
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Steyer must be making serious dough, because he already pissed away 70 million last time. Must be nice : )
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