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Some states such as Ohio and Michigan allow 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections if they will be 18 by the general election. Pennsylvania, though, has no such exception. Voters must be 18 to cast their ballots in Pennsylvania primaries. What do you think? Do you favor the exception or not? With Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders doing so well among young voters, do you think such an exception could change the outcome of the primary?
“I wish it were a federal law, not state by state. This really has nothing to do with what political party it benefits. It has to do with engaging young people in the democratic process.”
“I’m not too worried about Bernie’s supporters getting out to vote. They probably expect someone else to do that for them.”
“That is what people said about young people when they supported Obama and guess what? They stood in lines for hours to make their voice heard, and Obama won two terms, thankfully.”
“Thankfully, really. I guess you like record numbers of people not in the work force, record numbers of people on food stamps, an-out-of-control national debt (another record), coal miners put out of work, expansion of surveillance programs by the NSA against private citizens, and America viewed as an easy target by radical Islamic terrorists. Why am I not surprised you wouldn’t understand the joke?”
“Unemployment is at a low right now, much lower than when your buddy George Bush was in office.”
“Sorry, you need to learn the truth and stop believing the distortions from the media. That is statistical trickery. The labor participation rate is at its lowest since Jimmy Carter. Nearly 94 million people are no longer in the work force. About 63 percent of people of working age are actually employed, meaing 37 percent are not. Some of that 37 percent are disabled leaving real unemployment estimated to be anywhere from 17-25 percent. Once someone has been unemployed for so long, they are no longer counted as being in the job market, thus you end up with a skewed unemployment number.”
“They’re using the same formula they’ve been using for years. You’re crazy if you think unemployment is anywhere near 17-25 percent. What about mothers staying home to raise their kids or people staying home to help their older parents. There are lots of reasons people aren’t in the work force, besides being disabled. You have people retiring before they reach 65. You can’t say that all unemployed people are looking for work. Republicans have a very tough time admitting that the economy now is much better than it was in the Bush years. Face the facts.”
“I think people should be allowed to vote if they turn 18 by the general election. I love Bernie and America would be lucky to have him as president. If a 17-year-old can sign up to go to war in the army when they turn 18 why not allow them to vote for president.”
“Where do you draw the line? If you can’t vote until you’re 18, then that’s it. People always have to make exceptions for everything.”
“Sanders’ supporters are idiots. They want someone to take care of them instead of doing it themselves. Socialism never works. We should know that by now.”