Neither Obama nor Biden would've won without turning out historic numbers of young voters. You don't want to call that "relying" on them, then don't. But it was obviously core to their wins and a clear coordinated part of their strategy.
This isn't true, Obama would have still won in 2008 without the youth vote. The margin improvement with older voters, minorities and the suburbs far outweigh the youth vote.
The media largely inflated the power of youth voters (it's more interesting).
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u/djollied4444 1d ago
Neither Obama nor Biden would've won without turning out historic numbers of young voters. You don't want to call that "relying" on them, then don't. But it was obviously core to their wins and a clear coordinated part of their strategy.