Dana Fattouh, 18, likes almost everything about the Democratic Party. … But Fattouh refuses to call herself a Democrat. And though most of her policy preferences align with the party’s liberal wing, she won’t commit to vote blue in 2020. Rather, she says she’ll research her options and decide who best aligns with her values. “I think political parties are stupid,” she said. …
In 2018, 36 percent of voters ages 18 to 29 reported voting, up from 20 percent in 2014. Experts predict an even greater turnout spike in 2020. But interviews with nearly 50 left-leaning young people in four battleground states — Texas, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Michigan — reveal a deep skepticism toward party politics, and the Democratic Party. Young voters say Democrats haven’t proved they can address the major challenges faced by millennials and Gen Z. CONT.
Emily Davies & Hailey Fuchs, Washington Post