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Millennials Explain Why They’re Not Voting: ‘I Hate Mailing Stuff. It Gives Me Anxiety.’

Emily Zanotti

When the Intelligencer set out to find out why Millennials aren’t voting in the 2018 midterm elections, they probably expected to learn that the Democratic and Republican Parties are equally unappealing, or that not everyone is lucky enough to be able to vote for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

What they probably didn’t expect to discover was that Millennials are equal parts lazy and apathetic, and will take any excuse to avoid doing their civic duty.

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