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Skipping The Gym To Exercise My Rights 💅
American Historian Lindsay Chervinsky joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about the history of US Elections. Can the President cancel or postpone an election? Why do midterms usually end up with the party of the current president losing? Why are US elections held on a Tuesday in November? Answers to these questions and…
@EvieHolland-j3o
October 20, 2026 at 2:52 pm
Really good, everything feels well done
@andoru
October 20, 2026 at 2:57 pm
Whole issue goes away when voting is compulsory.
@xdenzelflexz7836
October 20, 2026 at 3:07 pm
Compulsory voting so you have to choose between moloch or baal and nothing will change, good idea.
@GratefulRobin
October 20, 2026 at 4:03 pm
Sure, if States also made voting as accessible as possible, lest you want to end up like North Korea where voting is compulsory and the same party happens to win every time partly because if you don’t vote for the Party you go to Prison for Hard Labor😂
Edit: She outlines how it is inaccessible
@butlerns1
October 22, 2026 at 12:30 am
@GratefulRobingo right for the extreme example where as we have compulsory voting in Australia and can vote for who we want.
Pointing out that others have it worse does nothing to improve upon what you have and just keeps it the same, fight for better and don’t settle for what is.
@Stretchnrest
October 20, 2026 at 3:03 pm
I seen so many ypung people yesterday during early voting. I was cheering for them. Cause when i was younger i was just trying to make money. It seemed like an old people problem. Glad they are showing up
@rainbow_java
October 20, 2026 at 3:14 pm
I moved about once a year until I was 25. Remembering to keep my voter registration updated was not a priority then.
@saphricpphotography
October 24, 2026 at 4:15 pm
Welp, guess it should have been.
@rainbow_java
October 24, 2026 at 4:52 pm
@saphricpphotography cool, got a time machine?
@shoumikmaitra8924
October 20, 2026 at 3:24 pm
Its mainly that nobody has our best interests at heart and id rather just not partake in this humiliation ritual
@sylshtor1844
October 20, 2026 at 5:10 pm
You and millions like you WOULD make a difference.
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@jaklumen
October 26, 2026 at 11:07 am
@sylshtor1844I am literally a summer child that is 52 years of age, but you’re missing OP’s point.
@JeanGreyHGBEF6061
October 20, 2026 at 4:04 pm
I think some don’t agree with the system and vote by not voting, as we are seeing in France right now
@AshYBoi03
October 20, 2026 at 4:27 pm
So true why vote when you hate both sides
@deeps6979
October 20, 2026 at 4:27 pm
France also does better mass action. Remember when they were going to tweak their retirement age by a year or two and there were RIOTS? French don’t play around.
@notdunnjoshdun
October 20, 2026 at 4:19 pm
i realized a long time ago that its useless when the popular vote doesnt matter. if youre in a blue state, likely theres no reason to vote if youre voting blue. i mean look at how they counted california. 0 ballots were in and they already declared a blue win. same goes for red. the only votes that matter are swing states and those in opposition to the popular choice. when it comes to local law, welp.. ill just move, gunna have to anyway since ill be priced out of my rental every election cycle.
@sylshtor1844
October 20, 2026 at 5:11 pm
Better to participate in change than to give up altogether.
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@notdunnjoshdun
October 20, 2026 at 7:44 pm
@sylshtor1844the point is there is no change happening in these scenarios. the majority of people are in vote locked states.
@rebeccapowell7551
October 20, 2026 at 4:26 pm
I’ve been poor. I’ve moved around. I still voted.
@sidneylemon1951
October 20, 2026 at 5:32 pm
Right. These are such lame excuses.
@legnajk026
October 20, 2026 at 7:59 pm
Good for you! They’re barriers for others though. Try having a little empathy.
@jeremyglass4283
October 20, 2026 at 4:27 pm
Oh trust me, they will turn out this year, young people are PISSED at this administration!
@nocabron2684
October 20, 2026 at 6:55 pm
🙏
@kcrowshop
October 20, 2026 at 4:30 pm
It’s always been my partner and I with maybe a couple people my age, but we have an incredibly different situation than most people our age.
@skloak
October 20, 2026 at 4:43 pm
Every year I’d ask all the young people at my job if they’re going to vote, and if not, why not. The overwhelming majority said “no”, because “it doesn’t matter”. I live in a red state, and most of these were blue-sided kids who were just so disillusioned that they felt there was no point trying because “the state goes red no matter what”. We need better outreach, better education, and better, stronger messaging to get this huge chunk of the population to get off their butts and actually try. I reached some, just by virtue of having several in the room at once, but not enough. Until all the young people are voting, it’s never enough.
@casm6171
October 20, 2026 at 4:49 pm
I’ll vote just not for republican or democratic.
@nicokelly6453
October 20, 2026 at 5:27 pm
I hope we improve our election processes to make voting easier for everyone. Voting is an important right and we should all be able and willing to use it. We should all fight against voter disenfranchisement.
@blueamel3751
October 20, 2026 at 6:36 pm
Or the main reason cuz its doesnt make a difference
@legendaryuoit
October 20, 2026 at 7:36 pm
no…cuz we all know at this point that no matter who will be elected, its going to be just another disapointment
@lostboy3080
October 22, 2026 at 4:25 pm
That’s such a privileged position to take. It matters when some of us are directly affected.
@legendaryuoit
October 22, 2026 at 4:55 pm
@lostboy3080you realy think that by voting for someone else, the problems that are in your country will dissapear? I hate to dissapoint you, but politicians are just big fat old liers…everything they ever said they will do wont ever happen…
@odnewdylee
October 20, 2026 at 8:00 pm
Because no matter how we vote we get the same thing over and over and over again.
@Jimdigby
October 21, 2026 at 8:27 am
Endless wars? Not really. Voting makes no difference is obvious propaganda.
@odnewdylee
October 21, 2026 at 8:33 am
@Jimdigby have we had anyone in power who didn’t volunteer to fund wars or participate in wars? Have we had anyone in power who didnt cater to corporate interests? Yeah, your vote does not matter. Its all fake.
@emilybattle4790
October 22, 2026 at 3:50 pm
Well maybe if you would vote you could help change that. As long as you stay quiet, of course things will never change
@odnewdylee
October 22, 2026 at 3:54 pm
@emilybattle4790 I’ve voted every election since 2008, I got Obama bombing Syria and drone striking weddings, locally I got flock cameras, I have a war with iran that even the dems have no problem with. Grow up, this whole democracy thing is fake.
@fhoewjieowg
October 20, 2026 at 8:29 pm
Voting is an illusion and changes nothing. Stop thinking your vote matters or is even counted.
@Jimdigby
October 21, 2026 at 8:27 am
Stop spreading obvious propaganda.
@GamingWithUncleJ
October 20, 2026 at 10:38 pm
The real reason is… they just dont care. Everything you listed is just a poor excuse for not engaging.
@heidellsgalvez9537
October 21, 2026 at 1:54 pm
Maybe they realized that voting doesn’t rrally do anything, at the end our politicians do what they want even if we do not agree
@duelenigma7732
October 21, 2026 at 2:43 pm
vote like your life depends on it . He’s already a mass murderer and can step it up on steroids with a new mandate .
@oceanicmartian
October 22, 2026 at 5:04 am
Living in AR makes voting pointless bc most of the politicians are republicans running unopposed, so there’s nearly no one to vote for. It’s a big reason why those states stay red, no one with a soul wants that job.
@dogmatized
October 22, 2026 at 7:27 am
As a young person, she is being dishonest. It’s because people my age are often lazy, don’t care or feel as if nothing will change based on voting. I am sure she knows this
@TheLumpyShield
October 22, 2026 at 10:42 pm
I stopped voting because voting is a scam, and also all the politicians are corrupt, and I want no part of that.
@noblepenn4816
October 22, 2026 at 11:03 pm
I think one key thing that is missing in the response is ‘information’.
It is very difficult to be invested in something when you don’t understand how or if it will impact you. 🙁
@oldskoolind
October 23, 2026 at 8:24 am
Yo momma. But for real, it’s disenfranchisement, you can continue to blame the individual, but that’s an outlier, the main issue is local voting is a pain because states lie, obfuscate, trick, undermine and basically cheat to keep people out. If the entire group of 18 year olds showed up tomorrow to early vote, I wouldn’t put it past them to send the national guard and those weekend warriors would immediately drop trou and start fckn the community. Yeah go vote, and then be prepared when they don’t listen to you, cheat and steal and leave you standing there like a fence post. 2A or the highway.
@Blortbuckle
October 25, 2026 at 12:13 pm
Wow, theres literally zero excuse at this point. I’ve moved around the country a half dozen times and voted in every local/state/federal election since I was 18.
Be forreal
@mandajane33333
October 27, 2026 at 5:07 pm
That’s fine if you don’t want to make the commitment to vote, just accept what you have right now in power. Enjoy
@Stand4Victory
October 30, 2026 at 3:40 pm
Those are three, stupid made up reasons why young people don’t vote. Now we even have people making excuses for them being dumb and lazy. As soon as I was 18, going to college, working minimum wage jobs during and after college, I had little money, moved every 1 – 2 years, I never seem to have an issue voting or registering. This lady is full of BS.