Millennials Hurdles in Running for Office

I read an interesting article worth read on VICE

VICE Article Headline: 

Millennials Are Sick of Old Politicians but Too Poor to Replace Them

This might finally be changing.

I don't know about you but this headline above grabbed my attention and it's very true. 

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Left Image: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) Right Image: Donald Trump (Photo by Mark Wilson/Pool via Bloomberg)

Becuase many are too busy or do not want to read the entire article, here are some memorable quotes: 

1. "The average age of a legislator is about 60—closer to 58 in the House of Representatives and almost 62 in the Senate, this being one of the oldest congresses ever."

2. "But one enduring factor that stands in the way of more young politicians becoming an army of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez copycats is the thing that looms over us all: money."

3. "The same economy that's screwed young people for generations—burdening them with insane debt and catastrophically high costs of living that might make staying at home into their 30s seem halfway reasonable—also makes it extremely hard to try and become a politician and change all that."

4. "When you don't believe in the system, then you don't believe you can make a change through it."

5. "According to the AP poll's results, however, most younger Americans do think their own vote in the midterms gives people their age at least a whiff of influence on the government."

6. "A June poll by the Public Religion Research Institute and the Atlantic reported just 28 percent of Millennials were "absolutely certain" they'd vote in the midterms—traditionally extra-old turnout elections—compared to 74 percent of seniors."

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Moral of the story: there are Millenials interested in running and voting. If you want better representation of what is important to you... VOTE and support candidates that stand for what you do.