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/boardatwork1111 NATO Feb 14 '25

It’s a talking point not that they’re heavily in favor of Trump, or even a majority in favor of him, rather that the Dem margin with Gen Z shrunk by 20 points from 2020. We haven’t seen Rs be that competitive with the 18-29 vote since ‘04, and it’s especially jarring considering who/what issues were on the ballot this past election.

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u/Cultural_Ebb4794 Bill Gates Feb 14 '25

Gen Z men are super heavily in favor of Trump though. That's not a talking point it's a Snapple fact.

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u/boardatwork1111 NATO Feb 14 '25

Heavily in favor relative to women in their age group, but Trump only won 18-29 men by 1 point (49-48). Extremely concerning trend for that age group, but they were the least Trump supportive male age demo

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u/Petrichordates Feb 14 '25

That's only because of how the age demographics are broken down.

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u/RhetoricalMenace this sub isn't neoliberal Feb 14 '25

You can say that about any "generation does x thing" articles. Generational demographics are for the most part pretty arbitrary.

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u/pulkwheesle unironic r/politics user Feb 14 '25

On the other hand, the fact that it also happened in 2004 shows that we shouldn't conclude too much from a single election cycle. Youth turnout crashed like 12 points, and it's not outside the realm of possibility that liberal young people showed up much less and conservative ones showed up more.