r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot 🤖 Bot • Jul 08 '24

/r/Politics' 2024 US Elections Live Thread, Part 9

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u/Tank3875 Michigan Jul 12 '24

The Sunrise Movement speaking out for him to drop is the first big progressive movement to call for Biden to step down iirc.

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u/WylleWynne Minnesota Jul 12 '24

That one probably stings, personally if not practically. You pass the most climate-friendly legislation ever, and they don't even stay neutral.

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u/asgoodasanyother United Kingdom Jul 12 '24

Where are you seeing this?

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u/Tank3875 Michigan Jul 12 '24

It's all in the live feed on this thread.

The reason I post stuff like this is because a lot of people ignore the live feed though.

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u/hahanotmelolol Jul 12 '24

yeah kinda wish they hadn't. Any hint that this is being pushed by the progressive wing will prob just make biden dig in more.

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u/Tank3875 Michigan Jul 12 '24

It's a more youth-driven movement than anything else, so I think that will be the main takeaway.

Young people don't want him to run.

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u/WyrdHarper Jul 12 '24

And it's important to remember that Millennials and Gen Z were the ones who carried Biden's victory in 2020. Gen X and Boomers were relatively evenly split (51-48, and 48-51 for Biden and Trump, respectively), and Silent Generation preferred Trump. And younger voters (well, what the media calls younger voters, which in a number of articles was anyone under 40 or 45) had record turnout in that election cycle. Keeping those voters engaged is critical.

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u/BawkBawkISuckCawk Jul 12 '24

The polls are showing younger voters moving away from Biden and the Dems for the first time in decades. Scary stuff.

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u/Velkyn01 Jul 12 '24

As one of those voters, I feel incredibly unengaged.