BUMMERLAND: This was the CNN headline I read first thing on last Sunday morning: “YOUNG VOTERS PREFER BIDEN, BUT THEY MAY NOT VOTE.” I’ve been imploring my radio friends to encourage their listeners to vote, but now I’ve started speaking to artists and managers. Garrett Capone at Crush said that Green Day and Alanis Morissette are working on voting initiatives and Terrace Martin is working with vote.org. iHeart launched a podcast called Why I’m Voting, which AJR has just recorded, in fact, joining John Legend, FINNEAS, Jewel and other musicians who’ve participated. I’m a post-Baby Boomer (1961) and my name is Karen, so it’s extremely unlikely that any Millennial would give a flying fuck why I think it’s important to vote. I don’t think I could sway them one iota, even after I pointed out that the last night of the RNC on the South Lawn, where 1500+ gathered, maskless and within six inches of each other, was the equivalent of a snuff film, based on the current rate of infection (roughly 1,800/100,000). Given the age of many of the attendees (60+), let’s assume that a dozen or so will be dead in the next month. Ok, I’ll save my outrage for Facebook, where those of us who did ALL THE DRUGS and saw ALL THE BEST BANDS gather at night. I asked one of the smartest people I know, Adam from AJR, to write a few hundred words on why Millennials should vote. He sent me this, titled “If You Don’t Vote”:
Dear People Around My Age:
Sincerely,
A very concerned millennial
Adam from AJR and Executive Director of Sustainable Partners, Inc.
Feel free to cut and paste and share with your listeners, your Millennial-aged children and your friends. Plan on voting as though your life depends on it, because it does.
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