Not yet but I wouldn't be suprised to see Trump and/or Desantis pick this idea up. Also, I think its both 1. funny and 2. telling how scared they are of gen z.

[–] grahamsz@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It certainly opens a can of worms though, I can see the democrats pushing for 16 (Scotland's done the same and it's further pushed the conservatives out of power there).

It'll also be far easier to fight the GOP proposal in court as there will be people who are actively disenfranchised by raising the age, but it's not clear that existing voters could have standing to sue if we enfranchise younger people.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

It is literally enshrined in the 26th admendment.

Do you think they have the votes for a constitutional amendment undoing the 26th? I don't.

It is just something they can run on and never mention again once elected because it has zero chance. Their followers will forget anyway, they always do, just like how they "forgot" they supported Bush and an illegal war in Iraq.

[–] ours@lemmy.film 6 points 1 year ago

From the guy claiming to want to run the Government like Elon runs Twitter?

That was all I needed to know about him.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

You'd be the first!

[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social -4 points 1 year ago

Nah, they're going to murder him in the first debate - he's the highest-polling candidate who they can attack without pissing anybody off, it'll be like that Simpsons joke about how at the start of a nuclear war every allied power will bomb Springfield simultaneously to test their weapons.