Democrats try to buy the votes of the young

Washington Post:

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A group of Democratic donors thinks it may have found a cure for what ails you — never mind the donors’ own freakout about the widespread youth malaise, given President Biden’s struggles in the polls.

They want to make politics look different in the seven or so states that will decide the presidency — like a dance party, a comedy show or a place to chill out. Sometimes there will be free beer, manicures, boot shines, a rent check sweepstakes, a handout of contraceptive pills or cooling towels. All you have to do is show up, like it’s Super Bowl Sunday, and belong to something bigger. Oh, and someone might mention voting at some point.

“No one throws more simultaneous parties than we do,” Dmitri Mehlhorn, a donor adviser to billionaire Democrats like LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, said of Americans. “There are 2.2 million humans in those states under 45 who are just nonvoters, but they do all kinds of other civic stuff.”
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“Turning people out to cultural events is not a hard thing to do. The key thing is to make it fun and keep out the doom and gloom,” said Kevin Mack, the lead strategist for the Voter Project, which has been throwing parties this spring across Pennsylvania to test the theory, under the banner of Stand Up Strong ’24. “They will take actions automatically. It is not a big push.”

Mack’s goal is to turn out 100,024 younger voters in the state this November who otherwise have not voted this year. He held a Saturday concert in Bucks County before the February special election this year, offering free food trucks, beer and a performance from a band, Couch, that came down from Boston.

He recently took over a community center in Philadelphia, with talks for artists, opportunities to meet people, and most notable, a raffle that gave away one month of rent to people who checked their voter registration. There are plans for an Olympic village of sorts this August in Philadelphia, celebrating athletes in Paris. Free beer is also on the fall agenda.

In Phoenix on Saturday, a group called Vote for Abortion drove around the city in a bus handing out free emergency contraceptives and feminine hygiene products to create buzz for a midday concert by Lauren Jauregui, with DJs and appearances by local influencers and the actress Busy Philipps. Biden’s name was not central to the pitch.

Other groups are exploring the idea of early morning raves near early voting spots in states such as Pennsylvania, where there will be five weekends of early voting in some counties this year. A group called Pizza to the Polls plans to repeat its efforts delivering food to people in long lines on Election Day.
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I do not think there is anything "simultaneous" about the events and parties.  It is clearly a type of vote-buying the Democrats are engaged in.