In season two of Netflix’s The Political, Payton Hobart (Ben Platt) acquires a new election, this time for the New York State Senate. Payton, who is obsessed with campaigns and being in the office, and it goes against the owner Dede Standish (Judith Light) who has been in office for more than 30 years. He based his campaign on the very real threat of climate change and saving the planet. The hyperrelevant show demonstrates what happens when a politician takes advantage of what the next generation wants to see in a leader and how to go after their vote, something that in the real life of the politicians, that is presidential, in the real world still struggle with.
Dede, the owner, in the senate of the race, seems out of touch with the young voters in the show-and, apparently, wants to remain in office simply because she has been there for so long. And despite the fact that Payton almost seems that they care more about the decision of the office of anything, she soon realizes that the causes it built its platform on the reality, are important for the longevity of the world, literally. He taps into the youth vote and the help to the people in the City of New York to register to vote for the first time in history, leading the race more than any of the candidates imagined. In the end, both Dede and Payton acknowledged that if it were not for the youth vote, and the connection with what this generation is concerned with the choice of the majority, certainly, have gone in a different direction.
Millennials and Generation Z — and of the next generations to come — have a real opportunity to make a difference in these elections and in the world. The first step is to vote and make our voices heard.
The youth vote in the real world remains a hot topic among the largest of the elections in the united States. In the presidential elections of 2016, where the millennials are considered the youth vote, that it was still the lowest voting of the generation ofa fact that does not align with what they claim to attention. Although millennials have been vocal about the activism, equality, and the blatant kindness — and while the younger generations seem to lean towards liberal attitudes is not enough showed up to vote for a presidential candidate that could have made a difference in those areas. Part of the issue here is that the Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders was very popular with the younger voters in 2016, but when he could not win the nomination, also many of their followers not to vote blue in the general election. If that was out of anger, by their favored candidate not to be nominated or to think the Triumph would be of more help to the young people of the working class depends on them, but it ended in the Triumph of winning the general election and turn this country in the butt of the rest of the world jokes.
But what is even more unfortunate is that the Generation Z is struggling with the swing vote, also. This generation, which is big on activism and is the first in the line to share their voices in the affairs that concern them, not going out to vote for the presidential primary election, as expected this year. That being said, primaries tend to have low voter participation in comparison with the general elections, especially taking into account that some states do not allow voters to participate in a primary if they are not registered with a party that has a main. Once more, this presidential election cycle, Sanders was the favorite among younger voters, but when the youth vote was counting on didn’t come through, he ended up ceding the race, giving Joe Biden the nomination. Now we are exactly where we were in 2016.
An interesting factor of the youth vote, despite the fact that, as pointed out in this Atlantic opinion article, is that it is not so much that the younger voters are totally not deliver the vote, but in a similar way to how people of color are less likely to participate in the voting because systemic racism in the election process, the young people are often excluded as well. The piece points out that registering to vote can be a confusing process for a new voter registration and re-register to vote when you move — something millennials and Generation Z to do a lot more often than the older generations — it is cumbersome and confusing process, and that some of the young voters do not bother to do. So then it becomes the problem that the youth vote is just not voting at all.
The Political he showed us how important it is to engage young voters and make sure they know that a vote is the first step to making a change, especially when there is a candidate that can make a real difference. But what The Political it also recognizes the strength of the younger generations can be and how millennials and the Generation Z is concerned. For many, it is care so deeply about the future but not seeing any person in the government that can truly come through. In this season of The Political, Payton is one of them. If someone is going to understand how this generation feels and knows how to fight for them, is someone who is there with them.
Younger voters, predominantly, in favor of the most radical of the candidates, according to The Atlanticand when there is a candidate who feels strongly, that sometimes do not bother to vote, that is the most important thing we should keep in mind when the 2020 election and every election after that. Leading the protests and the struggle for change in any way that you can be absolutely going to make a difference, but for what we vote for an elected official that will help. Millennials and Generation Z — and of the next generations to come — have a real opportunity to make a difference in these elections and in the world. The first step is to vote and make our voices heard.
