The young people of Florida offer hope.

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carolmalaysia says:

February 9, 2020 at 2:36 pm

There is hope. But will they vote?
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The next generation of voters is more liberal, more inclusive and believes in government
Jan. 17, 2019

According to a new poll from the Pew Research Center, the teens may offer a window into the politics of Generation Z more broadly.

Generation Z, defined as those born after 1996, is on the cusp of adulthood. The oldest are graduating college. By 2020, almost half will be eligible to vote in the presidential election, which means their values and opinions could soon help shape national politics.

According to the survey, released Thursday, Gen Z teens and young adults have overwhelmingly adopted left-leaning beliefs similar to those of the millennials before them. They overwhelmingly disapprove of President Trump, believe the government should do more and reject American exceptionalism…

It’s not uncommon for young people to hold liberal views that moderate as they age. But Gen Zers grew up in a very different world than previous generations. The oldest among them was 11 when the first black president was elected. They became teenagers as same-sex marriage was legalized around the country. They also, according to Pew, will be the most racially diverse and well-educated generation.

This younger generation is much more likely to see climate change as a result of human behavior and to believe black Americans are treated unfairly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/17/next-generation-voters-are-more-liberal-more-inclusive-believe-government/

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- retired teacher says:
  
  February 9, 2020 at 2:51 pm
  
  I hope we get to see what the young people will do if an actual progressive becomes the candidate. The Democratic Party lost a lot momentum by nominating corporate democrats. In this election nobody can afford to sit on the sidelines. Vote blue, no matter who.
  
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- ciedie aech says:
  
  February 10, 2020 at 12:44 pm
  
  also, more and more kids are now aware that the legislators are in charge of divvying up MASSIVELY collected tax money — spending much, much less of it on the military and much, much more of it on the citizens themselves does not feel like a scary idea to these voters
  
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Bob Shepherd says:

February 9, 2020 at 2:59 pm

xoxoxoxoxxoo!!!!

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Bob Shepherd says:

February 9, 2020 at 4:19 pm

Ah resents the impluhkashun that we lak kultur hear in Floruhduh. Jist yisterday, I ahttended the Toddlers in Tiaras competishun at are local elementary skool. So their!

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Linda says:

February 9, 2020 at 5:36 pm

Beautiful. Thanks for the post. Hope you’re feeling better.

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SomeDAM Poet says:

February 9, 2020 at 5:40 pm

There might be hope for Florida, but there is no hope for MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, who fears executions in Central Park if Fidel … I mean Bernie Sanders is elected.

https://www.newsweek.com/msnbc-host-chris-matthews-ties-bernie-sanders-fears-socialist-executions-central-park-fidel-1486375

Another “journalist” bites the dust.

Let’s see. First we had MSNBC ‘s legal analyst Mimi Rocah tell us that Sanders “makes her skin crawl.” She can’t explain why, but he just does. Good enough for me. How about you?

Then we had CNN interviewing a “body language expert” who informed us that Sanders was clearly lying when he said he never told Warren that a woman could not win the Presidency “because Sanders ‘turtled’ his shoulders”. Good enough for me. How about you?

Now we have MSNBC Chris Matthews warning us about executions in Central Park if Sanders wins because Fidel Castro called himself a socialist and so does Bernie Sanders. Good enough for me. How about you?

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- NYC public school parent says:
  
  February 9, 2020 at 6:38 pm
  
  Those comments are outrageous and ridiculous and anyone who makes those ridiculous comments about Bernie should be called out as no better than the dishonest right wing Republicans. Those comments by Christ Matthews sound as ugly and nasty as the comments that were directed at HRC when she was the nominee. This stuff needs to stop, period. “Body language expert”?
  
  And can we stop with manufactured “scandals”? I am sure Bernie did say something like a woman can’t win the Presidency against Trump and I am sure that Bernie did not mean it in the way that the media has been mischaracterizing what he said in order to mischaracterize Bernie as a sexist. HRC had a much harder time than men do in the way women always have a much harder time than men do but that doesn’t mean that Bernie was condoning her sexist treatment. And Elizabeth Warren said something that was true and wasn’t lying. Nothing about what either candidate said is a “scandal.”
  
  It reminds me so much of the way HRC’s “deplorables” comment was mischaracterized by the media to mean something other than what it meant in order to mischaracterize HRC as something other than what she is. I still hear progressives on here referring to that “deplorables” comment and mischaracterizing it to mischaracterize HRC. And unless we get people to stop doing this, I expect that similarly dishonest people will continue to use the “women can’t win” comment to mischaracterize Bernie because they want to destroy him. It’s wrong and it should stop.
  
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  - Linda says:
    
    February 10, 2020 at 10:03 am
    
    NYC-
    The mischaracterization of “deplorables” is described in an interesting article Vox posted on 4-25-2018, Kremlin helped Trump win Catholic vote. The article reports that 6 weeks before the election
    (1) Kellyanne Conway said Hillary had been openly hostile on issues important to Catholics for 30 years and, (2) Trump told Catholics gathered for a Catholic charities event that Clinton viciously attacks Catholics. The comments followed on the heels of a story by RT (media state owned by Russia) which highlighted Dem emails from the selective Wikileaks dump and were extracted from those related to religion.
    
    Feeding the Republican/establishment Dem. strategy, by blaming Bernie for 2016 may be nothing more than Hillary’s campaign staff trying to absolve themselves of forced and unforced errors but, it comes at a high price for the nation and its people.
- Linda says:
  
  February 10, 2020 at 9:32 am
  
  Poet-
  Chuck Todd is married to the establishment Dem/Republican argument that Bernie isn’t electable. Todd’s talking points are consistent with the echo chamber. Corporate tool.
  
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retiredbutmissthekids says:

February 9, 2020 at 8:19 pm

I cannot stand Chris Matthews. Now, this is a true example of what is really “fake” news…or, extremely biased news, to be more precise. Matthews should have been yanked off the air looong ago. He was the one who put out the fake (yes,really fake) news the night before the CA Primaries that HRC had won, which, unfortunately, discouraged many CA voters from voting, as in, “Why bother?” (Rachel Maddow, BTW, helped perpetrate the falsehood, & I’ll never forget how she ignored Diane & would not acknowledge Diane’s availability/willingness to be interviewed.)
Matthews should never, ever have been on the air while his wife was running for Dem. office, w/trickle-down DNC dollars (read: HRC), so prejudicial & unabashed in his zealous overenthusiasm for HRC & hatred–yes, hatred–for Bernie. Of course, someone w/an ego as bug as his, wouldn’t have recused himself–MSNBC should have yanked him off the air.
Also, as per my understanding, he’d also been one to be accused of sexual harassment:
ever investigated?

Whew–all that having been said, still a fan of Lawrence O’Donnell (who they’ve tried to take off the air a # of times, but too much public outcry), & Chris Hayes (will never forget his spilt-screen show from Burlington, VT: one side w/the IQ45 speechifyin’ at the way-too-small Burlington theatre (where a Bernie supporter who had “snuck” in was tossed out into the frigid winter weather–w/o his coat, as per T’s instructions} & the other side, where C.H. was across the street w/Burlington residents & some interesting commentators}) Hayes deserved some sort of prize for that show…real reporting at its best.

Chris Matthews? He deserves…to be fired. MSNBC NOT “fair & balanced.”
Oh, misattributed–that motto belongs to FOX News.

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