On Friday night, 20/20 ran a piece on young voters, quizzing kids at a rock concert about things like how many senators each state has. When not everyone knew the correct answer–two–John Stossel posited that perhaps young voters should stay home on November 4. Umm…

See it for yourself:

The Bus Project flipped the theory on its head, however, asking if older people should be able to vote. Check out their video response, featuring the Bus’ Jefferson Smith with a fantastic Stossel-esque mustache, and man-on-the-street interviews with “experienced” voters in downtown Portland:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=hvl0lqhCVio%26hl%3Den%26fs%3D1

5 replies on “Bus Project Takes on 20/20’s John Stossel”

  3. We’re just as ignorant/informed as the pensioned voters, I’m sure.

    “pensioned” voters? This sounds like it was written by some foreign Brit who’s infiltrated the Mercury blog.

  4. We’re just as ignorant/informed as the pensioned voters, I’m sure.

    “pensioned” voters? This sounds like it was written by some foreign Brit who’s infiltrated the Mercury blog.

  5. Well, to be fair, they weren’t ranting against youth voters, as a whole, rather against uninformed voters.

    They just led the story with uninformed youth.

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