23% of young USA voters would prefer a meteor than to vote for either candidate

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKCN12I20S

"Young Americans are so dissatisfied with their choices in this presidential election that nearly one in four told an opinion poll they would rather have a giant meteor destroy the Earth than see Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in the White House.

The tongue-in-cheek question was intended to gauge young Americans' level of unhappiness about their choices in the Nov. 8 election, said Joshua Dyck, co-director of UMass Lowell’s Center for Public Opinion, which conducted the poll alongside Odyssey Millennials.

The choice alluded to the Twitter hashtag "#GiantMeteor2016," a reference to an imaginary presidential candidate used to express frustration about this year's election choices.

Some 53 percent of the 1,247 people aged 18 to 35 said they would prefer to see a meteor destroy the world than have Republican New York real estate developer Trump in the Oval Office, with some 34 percent preferring planetary annihilation to seeing the Democratic former Secretary of State win.

Some 39 percent said they would prefer that U.S. President Barack Obama declare himself president for life than hand over power to Clinton or Trump, with 26 percent saying the nation would do better to select its next leader in a random lottery.

Some 23 percent, nearly one in four, preferred the giant meteor outcome to either Trump or Clinton.

"Obviously we don't think that they're serious," Dyck said in a phone interview on Tuesday. "The fact that one in four of our young people pick 'Giant Meteor' tells you something about the political disaffection that is being shown by American youth."

That contrasts with the surge of participation by young voters that helped propel Obama into the White House for his first term in the 2008 election.

When asked to choose between the actual candidates, Clinton easily led Trump with 54 percent of respondents to 21 percent in a two-way race.

In a four-way race also including Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Clinton led with 48 percent support, to Trump's 20 percent, Johnson's 10 percent and Stein's 4 percent.

In national polls surveying the whole population, Clinton is leading Trump, but not by nearly as much.

The poll, conducted Oct. 10-13, intentionally included a large number of people seen as unlikely to vote, with just 680 described as likely voters. It had a margin of error of 3.2 percent."

[Justpassing]

I can see that.

[GennGreymane]

Giant Meteor 2016: "I'm coming Harambe"

[Cerilis]

"I'll make Ice Ages great again! Meteor 2016!"

[Trumpcat]

Young Americans have never been so poorly educated. Their world view is based on the media. Meanwhile polls were showing GB won't vote to exit the EU either.

[Surfd]

In before "Team Texan Oil Drillers" campaigns against "Giant Meteor", cause they aint having none of that shit.

[NED funded]

Young Americans have never been so poorly educated. Their world view is based on the media. Meanwhile polls were showing GB won't vote to exit the EU either.

https://ig.ft.com/sites/brexit-polling/

[Zecora]

23% of young USA voters would prefer a meteor than to vote for either candidate

I rather think I agree with them!

[Flarelaine]

Young Americans have never been so poorly educated. Their world view is based on the media. Meanwhile polls were showing GB won't vote to exit the EU either.

The polls were showing how people said they would vote. They just forgot to add "if I could ever be bothered to".

[TwoNineMarine]

Giant Meteor 2016: "I'm coming Harambe"

Lolololol

Also I tend to agree with the OP.

The candidates this time around fucking blow.

[Doctor Funkenstein]

They should have taken a more active part in voting for their preferred candidates before it was too late.

Just a bunch of whiny primadonnas who refuse to take part in their democratic republic, but feel obliged to cry and moan about it when it's too late for them to do anythign about it.

[skitzin]

Doesn't surprise me to honest. But I think that if this is the way people are feeling then they need to start taking action to see that next this doesn't happen.

[Elim Garak]

I would rather meteor destroy only north america.

[zenkai]

I'm sad that the number isn't higher.

[ItachiZaku]

Kinda surprised Johnson and Stein didn't have more suppose in the 4 for all poll, but young adults, having the most information tools at their fingertips, are the least informed voters in history.

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Though, I think Harambe would have gotten higher support than meteor.

[Elim Garak]

young adults, having the most information tools at their fingertips, are the least misinformed voters in history

fixed for truth

[zenkai]

Kinda surprised Johnson and Stein didn't have more suppose in the 4 for all poll, but young adults, having the most information tools at their fingertips, are the least informed voters in history.

They have siphoned off enough of Hillary's votes that the media has gone on the attack to discredit them, 3rd pary candidates (other than Perote) usually go unnoticed.

[GennGreymane]

They have siphoned off enough of Hillary's votes that the media has gone on the attack to discredit them, 3rd pary candidates (other than Perote) usually go unnoticed.

They had all the good will in the world and they fucked it up. Instead of being on msg, they fucked it up.

They continued their usual "hey I am here too" rhetoric instead of showing millions of angry voters why they should vote for them.

Gary Johnson made himself look like a fool on TV, not once, but twice. Not only that, nearly his entire social media presence is "Im a third choice"... Im sorry, but explain to me why you should even be a third choice.

Dont even get me started on Jill Stien, she just kept up the usual high school/college level activism with no leadership skills to speak of.

[Spiffums]

Young Americans have no clue about anything in the real world because they are young.

[Deleted]

They should still vote for Trump cause Trumps presidency, even if you hate the guy is still better than putting that corrupt North Korea style dictator on the throne. It's absurd how she can get away with anything while the media talks about Trump saying some naughty things 10-15 years ago. If it was anyone but Hillary Clinton, they'd be in jail right now.