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Question: Are heterodox ideologies disproportionately represented on this board (see below)?
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Yes, they are
 
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No, this board reflects real life
 
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No, the premise of this question is flawed
 
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Kingpoleon
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« on: January 07, 2017, 11:39:36 PM »

This board largely represents the ideologies of young people. This group's ideologies have a distinct lack in politics today, which leads to the false conclusion that these ideologies are necessarily not representative of the group at large. I do not know that there is a way to prove these ideological variations are representative of the group at large, but it is certainly not likely to be possible to prove that these ideological variations are not indicative of the group at large.
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Kingpoleon
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« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2017, 06:51:15 PM »

This board largely represents the ideologies of young people. This group's ideologies have a distinct lack in politics today, which leads to the false conclusion that these ideologies are necessarily not representative of the group at large. I do not know that there is a way to prove these ideological variations are representative of the group at large, but it is certainly not likely to be possible to prove that these ideological variations are not indicative of the group at large.

Actually despite the over-representation of Millennials on this Forum and many threads, actually there are a surprising number of older posters....

Just take a look at the "What was the First Presidential Election You Voted in Thread?" for example, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that although on average I am an older poster on the Forum, there are a ton of individuals, who have been around the block a lot longer than myself...

This includes individuals from multiple political perspectives and backgrounds.....

Many people have never voted in a Presidential election. I didn't vote because of that, as I have never voted in a Presidential election.
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Kingpoleon
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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2017, 11:50:51 PM »

This board largely represents the ideologies of young people. This group's ideologies have a distinct lack in politics today, which leads to the false conclusion that these ideologies are necessarily not representative of the group at large. I do not know that there is a way to prove these ideological variations are representative of the group at large, but it is certainly not likely to be possible to prove that these ideological variations are not indicative of the group at large.

Actually despite the over-representation of Millennials on this Forum and many threads, actually there are a surprising number of older posters....

Just take a look at the "What was the First Presidential Election You Voted in Thread?" for example, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that although on average I am an older poster on the Forum, there are a ton of individuals, who have been around the block a lot longer than myself...

This includes individuals from multiple political perspectives and backgrounds.....

Many people have never voted in a Presidential election. I didn't vote because of that, as I have never voted in a Presidential election.

Not quite sure where you are coming from Kingpoleon....

So have have you chosen not to vote in Presidential Elections, or are you currently disenfranchised as a result of age/criminal record/citizenship status?

Just curious as we have not talked much on the forum thus far and was curious as to non-voting as a deliberate decision or an involuntary decision?

I am too young. NeverAgain, LLR, Peebs, and many, many others are far too young to do so.
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