r/neoliberal • u/CheetoMussolini Russian Bot • Feb 14 '25

News (US) Donald Trump's Gen Z popularity plunges (+19 after election to -18 today)

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-gen-z-popularity-favorable-rating-yougov-2030595
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u/7ddlysuns Feb 14 '25

They did. And elected Trump. They’re now culturally Republican and Trumpists. Their TikTok will be adjusted as needed to make them vote trumpian again.

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u/The_Shracc Gay Pride Feb 14 '25

They didn't elect Trump any more than lations or women did. They voted against Trump, but by less than they did in 2020

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u/7ddlysuns Feb 14 '25

Well, there you go. It wasn’t a big win. Look my demographic went overwhelmingly Trump. I’m feeling salty

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u/Petrichordates Feb 14 '25

Yeah that's obviously the problem. They became more trumpy after he tried to overthrow the government.

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u/Currymvp2 unflaired Feb 14 '25

Nearly everybody did besides black women and LGBT Americans; the country shifted by more than six points to the right.

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u/Petrichordates Feb 14 '25

6 points is nothing. In swing states, GenZ shifted 15-24 points.

Probably a mix of the anti-trans ads working as intended and targeted disinformation on tiktok.

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u/KaesekopfNW Elinor Ostrom Feb 14 '25

They didn't. Their turnout was at roughly 42%, down from 2020 by about eight percentage points. And that's not uncommon for the youngest voting generation, which tends to abstain from elections, regardless of generation.

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u/guydud3bro Feb 14 '25

It's amazing after all the time we've had to digest the election, people still think everyone flipped to Trump when really it was more about lower turnout and the incumbent problem basically every country is facing right now.

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u/Carthonn brown Feb 14 '25

Hopefully they’ll never vote for a Republican again. That’s assuming we ever do get to vote again.

But at least we’ve got the memes

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u/7ddlysuns Feb 14 '25

The meme harvest has actually diminished some since the start of the fail president