A lot of people seem to get really worked up about the fact that young people don’t vote.

I’m not worked up.  I’m glad.

Hypothetical situation: Every single eligible person votes.

Now change it: the individual voter who has the fewest years of experience with the political system, the least life experience, the least experience with exercising responsibility, the fewest years of education, and the fewest years of work experience, decides not to show up.

Does the decision that gets made improve in quality, or decrease in quality?

Now generalize to broad social groups of ignorant, inexperienced, irresponsible and uneducated people. They decide en masse not to show up. Better decision? Or worse?

Personally I hold it as highly encouraging that large numbers of younger voters refrain from inflicting their politics on the nation. I went to college with the Future of Our Nation ™.  Bright kids.  Nicer bunch of young people you’ll never find.  Some of them were really very wise - a lot wiser than I was, mumblety mumble years ago when I was a first-time undergraduate instead of a third-time undergraduate.

But as a group, I wouldn’t trust them with a puppy, much less the nation.