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With the incentive being student loan payoff, shouldn't we be concerned that this is targeting voters that skew Democrat?

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According to Pew research any effort to spread the word to register to vote for anyone below 69 years of age would be skewing democrat[1] [1]http://www.people-press.org/2015/04/07/party-identification-...

The Democratic party targeting university students, and the Republican party trying voter-suppression efforts aimed at students (forbidding voting at the university where one lives, requiring photo IDs & banning college IDs as photo IDs) are nothing new.

Yes, this is undeniably a partisan endeavour.

I'm sorry are you saying that there are no student republicans? that's a very misinformed opinion if you believe that.

Neither OP nor GP said that. They're pointing out the political distribution within the target demographic.

I'm sorry but the guy said it is definitely a partisan endeavor, which I don't think it is. It is merely an effort to educate young voters for the need to register to vote. This demographic has been historically known to have a low voter turnout with only 46% of eligible voters[1] having voted in 2012 election.

[1]http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/05/16/millennials-...

You know what they say, if you're not a liberal at 20, you have no heart, and if you're not a conservative by 50, you have no brains.

I'll be stealing this one. Die-hard liberal at 20 but experience has pushed me irrevocably towards libertarianism.

libertarians are far more "liberal" than democrats.

Never wished I could downvote before today. Not even the (ridiculous) content of the post, so much as.. this is your contribution to the discussion? Spare us.

I'm sorry it wasn't to your liking.

My point was moreso that in the US at least there is a pronounced difference in political affiliation based on age. Notably, that is an old quote, it just seems interesting it holds up.

In what way does it hold up?

It's saying that a 20-year old conservative is necessarily heartless, and a 50-year old liberal is necessarily stupid. I don't see how either of these follows; I know plenty of young conservatives who care deeply about other people, and old liberals who are very smart.

It's just a lazy meme.

No, I didn't say that and I don't believe that, but thank you for asking.

There is a cash alternative, fwiw.

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