Good news in voting rights coming out of Montana! 🎉
Yesterday, the Montana Supreme Court struck down four major voter suppression laws passed in 2021, which:
🔹Eliminated same-day voter registration in most cases
🔹Made it more difficult to vote with a student ID
🔹Outlawed absentee ballots for new voters who would turn 18 by Election Day
🔹Banned paid ballot collection and reduced other forms of ballot return assistance
The Court’s decision is a MAJOR victory for Montana voters, specifically Native American voters, young voters, and voters with disabilities who would be disproportionately impacted by these laws.
A new CBS News poll is another to contribute to the narrative that there is something wrong with President Joe Biden's age while Donald Trump's age and mental fitness are going unquestioned.
But as a young voter and host of "iGen Politics," Victor Shi observed, the same poll shows a record 65% support for Biden among voters under 30. For voters between 30 and 44, Biden enjoys 56% support. The lowest amount of support for Biden comes from those over 65.
The official question read: "If next year's 2024 presidential election is between Joe Biden, the Democrat, and Donald Trump, the Republican, who would you vote for?"
Comparing it to Donald Trump, who had 35% for those under 30, 44% for those ages 30 to 44.
The poll also shows just how important abortion is to young voters. Nearly half of voters under 30 (47%) said that the issue of abortion makes them more likely to vote for Democrats. That compares to 27% who said the GOP stance makes them more likely, and 25% said it didn't matter.
When asked what qualities Americans want in a leader, they said tough (67%), caring (66%), no-nonsense (62%), calm (61%) and energetic (58%). When voters talk about Biden's qualities they see him as calm (63%), predictable (61%), caring (50 percent) and has him at "no-nonsense" just at 35%. By contrast Trump is viewed at 55% on "no-nonsense." That said, he didn't even register on "calm" or "caring."
As Shi assessed, "the media constantly talks about age but they fail to mention other positive things that polling shows — like that the Republican Party is weakening fast or more young voters say they will vote for Biden in 2024. These things also matter…just not to [the mainstream media]."
by a middle class American woman in her 50ties, living in Florida, that “any time Democrats are in power, they run the economy into the ground, any time Republicans are in power, economy flourishes”. And, for that reason, she used to be a Democrat, but will now vote Republican.
I said that this is not what I’m reading; “what you read is biased”. I don’t have time, willingness or in-depth knowledge to argue, but I imagine there are some hard numbers about economy, that are, maybe, unbiased? 🤔
By Election Day in November, 40.8 million members of Gen Z (ages 18-27) will be eligible to vote, and about 45% of them are young people of color — including 8.8 million Latinx youth, 5.7 million Black youth, 1.7 million Asian American youth, and 1.8 million multiracial youth.
Register to vote right NOW at weall.vote/register, then DM this to three friends as a reminder to check their voter registration too. 🗳️