Democrats Are Losing Young People

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65. No, it is not.

Speaking for myself and many in my young circle, we were and still are not impressed with the party's insistence on sticking to its tepid, lukewarm, corporate course. Many are turned off by the centrist wing that bashes Bernie Sanders and other progressives and keeps yelling at us to shut up and get off their lawn. Oh, but when it's time for the midterms and the general election, that same centrist wing expects more progressive younger voters to keep shutting up, hold our nose and fall in line voting for the same lukewarm soup.

We see what's going on. And to be blunt, the Democratic Party is too supportive of Israel's crimes against the Palestinians. There are some lines many will not cross. Methinks the days of dictating what people should think, say and vote for are over. Politicians need to start representing us for a change. We made it loud and clear that Bernie did and still does, but the party refuses to budge. David Hogg comes to mind too.

Speaking for my circle, social media had nothing to do with it. The DU/KOS bubble is no more representative of the streets than the politicians hanging on to their sinecures.

More introspection is in order. It's a cop out to blame it on social media.