[quote=@mdk] 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. [/quote] I say "Youth Party" as an umbrella for whatever's trendy at the time. I don't have any other term to toss out. Whether it be Trump for the meme value, or Bernie for being the face of a new generation of voters. Someone's going to be the epitome of the youth opinion, but not many of them will have made effective change before or after the fact at lower levels to actually make a political foundation.