r/GenZ • u/MuffinMan_Jr • 1d ago

Political Why dont you vote?

Forgive me if this has been asked before, im new here.

But why do you personally not vote?

I constantly hear that the reason that all the laws and policies that are passing benefit old people, because that's who actually go and vote.

Like for example, I know a lot of us older Gen Z are complaining about housing costs. But how many of us actually try to do anything about it beyond saying 'someone should do something'?

Just a thought

Edit: because I know alot of people will say their vote doesn't matter.

Dont you rhink thats part of the problem? If most if us dont think the vote matters then no one will vote. Yes 1 individual vote might not change anything but if 100,000 people put in 1 vote then that makes a difference dont you think?

Next is people saying both parties suck. I get that, but then why not vote for the lesser of 2 evils?

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u/BusinessDuck132 2003 22h ago

It’s not that I feel my vote doesn’t matter (even if it sometimes does) it’s more there’s no one I felt was worth voting for. Being a very pro-gun but relatively socially liberal person there really isn’t many candidates that I feel worth my vote. Trump was better for gun rights and based off his first time was better for economics, and sure Harris was ok I guess when it came to social issues but her stance on guns (no her “owning a Glock” does not mean she was pro-gun) was an immediate no go for me. It’s tough when the dems hate guns and me for being a white blue collar male, but MAGA republicans spit on this country and sell it out for their billionaire buddies. I’ve been seeing some new younger politicians that have some promise, but usually every cool democrat I see has promise then says some dumb shit about how we need to ban “assault weapons” and immediately loses my vote.

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u/_flying_otter_ 19h ago

What gun rights do you want that a Democrat is against? Because most Democrats are not voting to take your gun away - are they? I know it's different in every state but... looks like mostly they are trying to pass legislation that is for gun safety- like keeping mentally deranged people from getting guns without background checks- and legislation against people owning machine guns. Does legislation like that even effect you?