For a long time in American politics.
Youth voters has been one of the most sought after demographics, but unfortunately when
it comes time to show up at the polls and actually support somebody they've always fallen
flat.
And that was the conventional wisdom because that's what statistically had happened, uh,
for many years.
But all of that changed in 2018.
In 2018, we saw a massive surge of youth voters and experts say that that surgeon, youth voters
contributed to an additional 10 house seats, one by the Democrats that year.
And let's not forget 2018 was the, a blue wave Democrats took more than 40 seats, but
it would have been about 30 seats had the youth voters not shown up that's power.
Then in 2020, those turnout numbers from 2018 doubled doubled, you had nearly 20% participation
in 2018, almost 20% in 2020.
That number was nearly 40% bringing the participation level to roughly the same as most other demographics.
Except of course, uh, older elderly voters, I guess, uh, they always win the day, but
this young generation aged 18 to 29, which had pains me that I'm no longer a part of
that generation, but either way they have the political power.
And according to the experts, they also hate Donald Trump.
They hate his policies.
They hate the fact that he didn't give a about them.
And the same experts are telling us that if the youth voters turn out in 2022, that may
be the only thing that prevents the Democrats from getting absolutely blown out by the Republicans.
But it all will hinge on that youth vote.
So how do we get them out?
Well, believe it or not, the answer is simple.
Give them something to vote for and not just something in the future.
Now see that doesn't work.
Give them something today to protect in 2022, something to vote for that they already have
something to vote for that changes their life or has already changed their life.
We can't keep making promises and not delivering.
There were a lot of lofty promises made ahead of 2020, right?
I mean, hell.
At one point we thought we were going to get student loan debt, forgiveness that hasn't
materialized thought we were going to get lower prescription drugs that hasn't materialized
green, new deal not happen in debt-free college.
That's a pipe dream, Medicare for all, forget about it.
They have nothing.
Except of course, again, as the experts are telling us a crippling anxiety about their
futures, everything is uncertain for them.
At this point, you know, we no longer live in a country where you graduate from high
school and you can either go right into the workforce and get a fairly decent job.
Or you go to college and you get a good paying job.
Not saying you can't get a good paying job without college, but that used to be the conventional
wisdom, right?
You go to college, you get a good degree.
You marry, you buy a house, you have a couple of kids, white picket fence, two dogs in the
yard, chicken in the pot, all that, the stays are ancient history here in the United States.
We have generations of individuals, not just the youngest, but you know, like me, the,
uh, millennials, we're getting older, we're pushing 40.
At this point, we still have tens of thousands of dollars, a piece in student loan debt.
Some of them have never been able to purchase a house because the housing market is so insane
in this country.
I'll be perfectly honest.
The house I live in right now, the only reason I was able to afford it, they did.
It was a combination of things.
It was one, it was a foreclosure that I got for dirt cheap.
And two, I had met at a horrific car accident and actually use some of the settlement money
for that to pay for the house.
So there's that we can't rely on this whole generation getting in car accidents and using
that money to buy foreclosed homes.
So we have to give them something.
We have to make their lives better because what's going to happen if we don't.
And I bring this up now, obviously because of what's happening in DC, right?
We do have legislation out there that would dramatically change the lives for the better
of millions of people in this country.
Legislation supported by a majority of Democrats and Republicans out there in, in the public
outside of the DC bubble.
And we can't have it.
We can't have it because zero Republicans support it.
And a handful of Democrats taking money from major corporations.
Won't let us have it.
And if this continues, kiss the midterms goodbye because those youth voters that helped you
win in 2018 and 2020, they won't show up to the polls.
And honestly, you can't even blame them for that.