[quote=@Dinh AaronMk]
The thing to point out about the youth vote as a youth voter is that there's not enough of them in the off-year and lesser elections. Even if we did elect Sanders he'd have to deal with a Congress elected primarily by the old establishment farts and not individuals elected on any sort of youth or alternative vote.

So if Sanders wins or loses, or if Trump wins or loses: that entire demographic should swing all about the political pole hitting as much as it can, including even township or county offices to reshape the face of politics. Or if there's really no one representing you running: run yourself. For fuck's sakes make a youth political party out of the college campus or something to mobilize a base.
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The defining trait of the youth vote is that [i]every single candidate they ever back is the most monumentally important candidate in the history of the United States[/i] -- simply because [b]they've never paid attention until just now.[/b] If you vote 'youth party' even once, you'll be sorely disappointed in what they become by the next cycle (or else, it ceases to be the youth party and the NEW youth have to organize again).

TLDR: you're just creating a slightly younger democrat party, destined to become exactly the same thing -- a loose coalition of frangible demographics bound together by reputation and exploitation (like how lol the Clintons somehow own the 99%ers, and Obama got the gay vote, and the Hispanic vote is shamelessly purchased through federal spending). That's the inevitable destiny of any 'youth party' you could ever assemble. Organize on principles -- vote socialist if that's what you're into, at least everyone involved will be honestly on board with your platform.