I asked my 20 year old if she's going to vote and she said will. She's definitely indoctrinated on social issues, but knows communism is awful and that we need law and order. We've had a few political discussions over these 4 years where she just rage quits and says "I don't want to talk about it" when the facts don't support her feelings. We started talking and I told her: You can do whatever you want, but for the love of God please don't vote for Biden. Nobody will be happy with that administration's policies and it'll be the beginning of the end for your generation.
To paraphrase, she replied: "Biden is a senile old coot and Harris is a corrupt scumbag. And after seeing Grandma's mental decline, it's clear Biden won't last a year, which means Harris will be President and she was picked by the party. That's not a democracy. I hate Trump, but I see that at least he's doing his job. With him we'll still be in a democracy until the next election. I'll probably hate myself for it, but it's either him or vote Libertarian and what the heck are they even about."
I know that doesn't sound like a ringing endorsement and definitely based on weak logic, but to me it's pretty big. And a Trump vote is a Trump vote. If she can see that much through the public school and college indoctrination programming, I guess it's something. Now to just hammer it home with her now that I know what angle to work with.
My 26 year old daughter called me last night after the debate, which, much to my surprise, she and her boyfriend actually watched. She cannot stand Donald Trump because of the way he speaks and his hand motions when he speaks. She thinks Obama was the most eloquent speaker ever, and therefore very presidential. Anyway, she said the first thing they noticed was how the moderator kept cutting off Trump when he was making a point and then would go right to Biden to respond to criticisms. She said she watched the infamous video of Biden touching all the little girls at the congressional photoshoot, and based on that alone will not vote for Biden. She said most people her age despise Trump because they get all of their news from the internet, which she now realized is biased, and that if it weren't for me and my husband being such strong Trump supporters and educating her on the truth, she would believe everything she reads, like most of her friends. And all of this time I thought it was falling on deaf ears! Anyway, she told me that although she still hates Trump's speech patterns and hand motions, she has to vote for him! I was floored! And very proud of my millennial kiddo.