It’s probably a good idea.
Vivek Ramaswamy wants to raise the voting age. Even his staff doesn’t like the idea.
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It’s probably a good idea.
Vivek Ramaswamy wants to raise the voting age. Even his staff doesn’t like the idea.
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25? Should those under 25 be immune from the draft? Or at least registering with Selective Service?
Ok, it can only be passed with a Constitutional Amendment. So…just throwing shit on a wall and seeing what sticks.
I asked my mom civics questions from my wife’s citizenship test. She couldn’t answer any that I recall. She would have failed.
He’s just trying to game the results to get the voters Repugs want. Pretend it’s some great idea. It’s just a naked grab for power.
The voting age used to be 21, but men were drafted at 18.
25 is not 21
So what? Just because something used to be doesn’t make it better nor appropriate for our current context.
So if it’s considered a good idea to return the voting age to 21…maybe the next good idea is to return to “men only” voting? After all, it used to be that only men with property were permitted to vote.
QUOTE: He’s just trying to game the results to get the voters Repugs want. Pretend it’s some great idea. It’s just a naked grab for power.
Exactly! I suspect that if younger voters were largely in Repugs’ favor, this idea would not have been proposed. Interestingly Repugs use to think mail-in voting was a good idea until the deplorable Dems started using it and winning. Now it’s no good…rigged even (if you believe the former Sex Abuser in Chief).
As I’ve said previously, if someone is old enough to die for this country then they are old enough to vote for how it’s to be governed.
ISTM that the general Repug/conservative strategy for electoral success is voter suppression. We can see it in Vivek’s response: limit who can vote. We can see it in GA where you can’t even give a person in line a glass of water…in areas where they knowingly and notoriously under staff voting precincts in the hope that people will get tired and walk away.
” Can they pay for people to do voter registration drives in areas that are likely to support their candidate?”
That seems to be more of an objection to more democracy . “Conservative” take seems to be less democracy and not more.
I don’t want billionaires buying elections. And, I get sick of Repugs/conservatives suppressing the vote.
Typically, the military often voted absentee because they were often stationed far away from their “residence” where they were registered to vote. Republicans even seemed to want to suppress absentee voting in the 2020 cycle…. even though my general experience tells me that military were more likely to vote Repug.
It’s not so hard to give people more rights. However, taking away rights… I believe a revolution was fought over that.
I wonder if Vivek is going to be the first candidate to say Trump was justified Jan 6 and that he should have done more to overturn the election? If not Vivek, who? He’s trying hard to be Indian Trump. I wonder if he’s angling for a VP slot? We know it won’t be Pence.
After observing Vivek Ramaswamy in several interviews, it’s easy to understand why some might find him appealing. He’s articulate, charismatic, self-confident (bordering on cocky), dogged in his views, youthful, energetic, educated and knows how to spew right-wing rhetoric at a stellar level. His style tends to be trumpier than Trump and it seems he’s auditioning to be a VP running mate with Trump. Yet, the question is could Trump’s ego stand having someone that could potentially attract as much or more attention than him. Despite Vivek’s capabilities, I suspect Nikki Haley might be the VP pick. Trump’s worked with her previously and she checks several boxes. We’ll see.