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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

How the Youth Vote Is Being Suppressed - Long Story Short

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Comedy, News, Daily News

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

To many, low youth turnout is not a problem, it's the goal. From moving voting booths to splitting congressional districts, politicians are doing all they can to lower voting numbers in young people. Kal Penn discusses why that is and what tactics politicians are taking in this edition of Long Story Short. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:02.5

There's a lot that we don't know about the 2024 election.

0:09.9

Like who the candidates will be,

0:11.6

or which campaign, Beto, or Rourke is gonna lose.

0:14.7

But as someone who headed up youth issues at the White House,

0:18.0

I can tell you that if history's any indicator,

0:20.6

we already know what one of the big talking points is gonna be.

0:24.1

Every election is like,

0:25.4

oh, the young people are coming, young people are coming,

0:27.0

and usually they don't come.

0:28.3

They just don't show up.

0:29.6

Are you hearing me, Nises?

0:30.8

I was having this conversation tonight, so we did.

0:32.6

This convention was not there in their 20s.

0:35.1

It was not made for us.

0:36.4

We didn't, I said you don't vote.

0:37.4

I said you don't vote.

0:38.4

I said you don't vote.

0:39.4

Yeah, because you don't vote.

0:40.4

Never, ever vote.

0:41.4

Why would people cater to you if you never come out?

0:43.1

Sorry, not to be annoying, but we're with NBC News,

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