If we've lost young voters, it's because we took them for granted

[B2G]

And insulting ACA ads aimed at them and Lena Dunham dancing around in her underwear didn't help at all.

My 2 cents, YMMV.

[magical thyme]

1. how many young voters have been ruined by student loans

and are now flipping burgers with degrees they can't pay for?

We had a young lead customer service rep at my job who has a masters in biz administration. You can't sucker people into taking out loans with false job promises, who will spend the rest of their lives trying to pay of massive loans at low wage jobs with no future.

[B2G]

3. Yep

My daughter is a perfect example. She volunteered for Obama in the past 2 elections.

Since 2012, she graduated, started repaying her student loans and is now laid off her job and can't find work. And while the ACA had significant benefits for some, the mandate requires these recent grads to purchase health insurance many can't afford just starting out. Not everyone can go on their parents healthcare plans.

They are disillusioned and we are now paying the price for that.

[TheMastersNemesis]

2. They Screwed For The Rest Of Their Young Lives.

Not voting was NOT and option for these kids. Sure the Dems did not give them what they needed. It was the GOP that stopped everything. There were a lot of good bills the GOP just stopped. Now this is NO CHANCE to lower interest rates or create better jobs we need. With the GOP in charge there will be more outsourcing. And Dems in charge would have probably stopped TPP.

[B2G]

5. Well we evidently did a piss poor job of communicating that to them

That, my friend, is on US.

[Puzzledtraveller]

4. In their minds they certainly have better things to do.

As a caseworker, I met quite a few who actually knew of and were quite peeved at the NSA stories too. What penetrates their world is different than ours, I'm a Gen-X , 1973.

[RoverSuswade]

6. People under 30 do not care about politics or voting.

They devote 101% of their time to their cell phones. Nothing else matters.

[B2G]

7. They did in 2008 and 2012.

But that line of thinking won't alienate them going forward.

[bobGandolf]

8. We did not take them for granted....

they are lazy, just like their parents who don't vote.