Mock Paper Scissors

2024-07-27 00:00:35

Happy Hour News

I think we all have been holding our breath wondering what the callous Yutes of Today were gonna do during the 20204 Goat Rodeo when the choice was between two old dudes (one admittedly a monster), and they were not budging. And they described themselves as double-haters, and said they planned to turn to independent candidates if they’d bother to get off the couch at all.

They’ve budged:

The election just got a lot more interesting. It’s inspiring young voters to register.

Move over Taylor Swift. Vice President Kamala Harris may be one-upping you ‒ at voter registration anyway.

Last September on National Voter Registration Day, Swift set a record by encouraging more than 30,000 people to register in a single day.

But in the first 48 hours after President Joe Biden bowed out of his bid for reelection and Harris announced she was running in his place, more than 38,500 registered, according to Vote.org, a nonpartisan platform that encourages voter registration.

As of Friday morning, the figure had surged past 100,000.

Holy cow!

“An engaged electorate is the cornerstone of a healthy democracy, and this continued wave of voter enthusiasm shows that Americans are determined to make their voices heard,” Andrea Hailey, CEO of Vote.org, said in an emailed statement to USA TODAY. “The surge of youth engagement is a strong indication that the next generation is motivated to show up this November.”

As we’ve been saying all along this Goat Rodeo, it is going to be won and lost depending on getting more new people into our column than into Team Evil’s. And I gotta think —I just gotta!— that most of those under 35 voters are not signing up for the 4th Reich.

I might be hope scrolling these days, but this is nothing but good news for democracy (little dee).

https://mockpaperscissors.com/2024/07/26/news-that-will-drive-you-to-drink-2137/

Swifties may be able to sway 2024 elections: All Taylor Swift has to do is say the word

Younger voters are starting to turn out in higher numbers as they connect political decisions with their power at the ballot box.

^{Trevor Hughes (USA TODAY)}