They have no reason to take your concerns seriously if there isn’t an incentive for it.
The incentive is votes from me and people like me.
Seriously - why would they do favors for one group who may reward them when they can do favors for another which will reward them.
Because they (presumably) want to win elections, and they don’t get any closer to that goal by offering favors to people who would vote for them anyway.
Once again, I’m going to point to Bernie - he tried to go appeal to the youth vote. See how he did in the primaries.
Exactly. Bernie appealed to the youth and subsequently broke Obama’s record for primary election turnout in that demographic.
The fact that he lost the primary doesn’t change the fact that people are more likely to vote for candidates who offer them something and less likely to vote for candidates who don’t.
The incentive is votes from me and people like me.
Because they (presumably) want to win elections, and they don’t get any closer to that goal by offering favors to people who would vote for them anyway.
Exactly. Bernie appealed to the youth and subsequently broke Obama’s record for primary election turnout in that demographic.
The fact that he lost the primary doesn’t change the fact that people are more likely to vote for candidates who offer them something and less likely to vote for candidates who don’t.