{"id":2263292,"date":"2024-06-09T11:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T15:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-carville-fears-80-year-old-guys-biden-trump-causing-youth-voter-disengagement\/"},"modified":"2024-06-09T11:51:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T15:51:33","slug":"james-carville-fears-80-year-old-guys-biden-trump-causing-youth-voter-disengagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-carville-fears-80-year-old-guys-biden-trump-causing-youth-voter-disengagement\/","title":{"rendered":"James Carville is concerned that Biden and Trump, both in their 80s, are leading to disinterest among young voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjames-carville-fears-80-year-old-guys-biden-trump-causing-youth-voter-disengagement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2263292&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ice, is completely disarming to \u2064me,\u201d the longtime Democratic strategist said on \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/TODAY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"James Carville\">NBC \u200bNews<\/a>\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/sound-forum\/id204076233?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Sound Forum\">Sound Forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Carville expressed\u2063 his concern about the lack of enthusiasm among young voters for public policy \u200band public service\u2064 in\u2062 the current presidential\u200c campaign. He stated that this lack of\u2063 interest is disarming\u200c to\u2064 him as \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-depth-trump-dominates-gop-field-in-early-endorsements-leads-desantis-by-72-5-2\/\" title=\"Trump leads GOP field in early endorsements, ahead of DeSantis by 72-5.\">political guru<\/a>. He made these \u2064comments \u200bduring a Sunday morning radio interview and further emphasized \u2062his point on\u2064 NBC News&#8217; Sound Forum podcast.\u2063 Carville believes that the geriatric \u200cnature of the current presidential race may be \u2064a\u200c contributing factor to the disinterest \u2064of young voters.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Political guru <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-carville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"James Carville\">James Carville<\/a> said in a Sunday morning radio interview that he fears this year\u2019s geriatric <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"James Carville\">presidential campaign<\/a> is turning off young voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lack of enthusiasm among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uganda-halts-vote-campaigning-in-some-areas-opposition-cries-foul\/\" title=\"Uganda halts vote campaigning in some areas, opposition cries foul\">young people<\/a> for public policy, or public service, or being involved in the public square, is quite disheartening,\u201d Carville said. <\/p>\n<p>Carville, known for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-are-only-three-news-stories-that-matter-in-america-right-now\/\" title=\"There Are Only Three News Stories That Matter In America Right Now\">political takes<\/a> and for his stewardship of Bill Clinton\u2019s successful 1992 presidential campaign, said the advanced ages of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> and presumptive GOP nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Donald Trump<\/a> are partly to blame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Young people] feel like things are not working for them,\u201d Carville <a href=\"https:\/\/catsroundtable.com\/james-carville-concerned-about-the-2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> on the <em>Cats Roundtable<\/em> radio show. \u201cThey feel like \u2014 two 80-year-old guys that don\u2019t mean much to them. And I am really afraid we\u2019re going to lose a generation of young people as they grow older. That\u2019s probably my greatest fear for the United States, is that young people are disengaging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden is 81 years old, while Trump turns 78 this week. Carville, who turns 80 himself later this year, has said Biden is too focused on issues like the conflict in Gaza and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/student-loans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>student loans<\/a>, which matter to relatively small segments of the population, and should spend more time talking about big-picture topics like the economy.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Carville said he\u2019s voting for Biden but feels the party has better options in its younger ranks.<\/p>\n<p>Among the younger names Carville likes are Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA), Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), and Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY), none of whom are older than 50.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are any number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dod-diversity-head-praised-book-that-smeared-heroes-of-9-11\/\" title=\"DoD Diversity Head Praised Book That Smeared Heroes of 9\/11\">current people<\/a>,\u201d Carville added. \u201cThe governor of Kentucky [Beshear] is one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-of-el-salvador-high-immigration-to-u-s-is-bad-for-u-s-and-latin-american-nations\/\" title=\"President Of El Salvador: High Immigration To U.S. Is Bad For U.S. And Latin American Nations\">talented people<\/a> I have ever seen \u2026 He\u2019s a good friend of mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Carville expressed concern in a radio interview that the elderly presidential candidates might be alienating young voters. He finds the waning interest of the youth in public policy and service disheartening. Known for his sharp political insights, Carville&#8217;s comments highlight a significant generational disconnect in political engagement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2263293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24125559681818-3-1024x712.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2263292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24125559681818-3-1024x712.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2263292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2263293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2263292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2263292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2263292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}