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Angus Johnston @studentactivism
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Some heartbreaking high-profile losses tonight, but a lot of really important wins, including some huge victories in referenda that are going to shape state politics and elections for a long time to come.
And the Dems will take the House, as a result of a tremendous popular mobilization of voters and volunteers. And winning the House tonight is essential to breaking the back of Trumpism in the years to come.
Today was a step forward. Tomorrow the struggle continues.
All right. I need to drive home tomorrow and get the kids to school before I teach at eleven, so I should tidy up and sleep. Night, all.
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A weird tack for a guy whose whole pitch is his elder-statesman avuncularity to take. "I don't want to run, but all the kids in the race are crap, so here I am" is the opposite of the tone I'd have expected him to set.
Just a reminder that his instincts for primary-race messaging have never been any good, I guess.
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One more thing on youth voting: There are a lot of folks in my mentions saying kids aren’t cognitively developed enough to vote. But it’s not clear to me what that means.
At 12, the typical kid is more than able to meet baseline standards for voting—understanding what an election is, learning about candidates, managing the act of voting.
When we bar kids from making choices they’re not mature enough to make, it’s generally because we’re worried that they’ll do harm to themselves or others if allowed to choose.
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Just saw something on my feed that reminded me to remind you that if you’re a NYC (or vicinity) high school or middle school teacher and you’d like me to come talk to your students, all you have to do is say so and I’ll be there.
I've spoken with NYC middle school students about the history of youth activism, how they can make change themselves, whether we should lower the voting age—all sorts of stuff. And the conversations are always really lively.
And because it's so much fun, and because it's a subway ride away, and because I know that y'all don't have budgets for this stuff, I'm happy to do it for free. So shoot me a message if you want to set it up.
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