Canada

This was me when I was young and stupider. The Conservatives always campaigned on addressing problems and explaining why I should care about them.

It took a few years before I learned to start asking why and how. At the time, it didn’t occur to me that I had to check their work to see if their problems were even real or if they had any idea of a solution to them.

And they did not. But they were awfully good at talking about economics while running higher deficits than any other government.

Why not give the NDP a try?

Because the people they listen to tell them that if they lean left they are "gay" or "beta" or whatever other bullshit ego-destroying insults they project onto these young minds.

If young voters are worried about jobs, housing, healthcare, education, or crime, they need to stop "flocking" to Conservatives, and learn about how their provincial and municipal governments work.

And when they realize that Conservative leaders at the provincial and municipal levels of government are the ones directly affecting their lives, perhaps they will have an "ah ha" moment and vote for anyone but the Conservatives in the next election.

Exactly this. I also wasn't confident cons would handle the southern problem well.

Smokescreen is a good callout, I definitely had no clue when I was younger but now that is all I see when I listen to PP talk.