r/JewsOfConscience • u/richards1052 Jewish Anti-Zionist • Nov 08 '24

Opinion Harris's refusal to condemn Gaza genocide enraged young voters, who sat on their hands and cost her the election

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/opinion/democrats-israel-gaza-war.html
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u/BeardedDragon1917 Nov 08 '24

Can’t get past the paywall. Is there any statistical evidence that this is the case in the article?

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u/Arestothenes Non-Jewish Ally Nov 08 '24

Eh, if Harris had gotten all the Jill Stein and PAL voters, she still would have lost. Those two groups didn’t even crack a million.

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u/Soggy-Life-9969 Jewish Anti-Zionist Nov 08 '24

A lot of people sat out, whether it was for Gaza or other reasons, we don't know but I could see people being disgusted by the genocide not wanting to take time out of their day to do a protest vote.

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u/Arestothenes Non-Jewish Ally Nov 08 '24

I think low-propensity voters who were already on the verge of not caring got pushed over the edge by both sides’ pro-genocide messaging. Like “The Dems are sending money to kill all those kids, so are the Reps, while I have to take three jobs, fuck this.”