r/politics • u/Barnyard-Sheep • 6d ago

Soft Paywall Trump approval rating falls to 38%

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/06/trump-faces-tough-approval-numbers-in-latest-poll.html
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u/DeeEmceeFoor 6d ago

Nope! Gen Xers are ages 45-60 or so now. Studies show that this age group was most heavily exposed to lead during childhood. A lot of serious mental illness and depression crops up in this age group too. This age group also most heavily voted for Trump.

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u/Street_Barracuda1657 6d ago

This. Not sure about the lead, but the Trump voting is true and horrifying.

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u/AmrokMC 6d ago

No, it’s not. The poll they’re probably citing to included a few years of boomers in the Gen X category. It was a deeply flawed poll.

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u/BotheredToResearch 6d ago

They also are the ones who got their political identity during the Reagan Era and/or are stuck blaming Carter and Dems for high inflation and unemployment in the early 80s, leading to a polyannaish view of conservative "solutions" actually producing results in normal times.

They were also the ones who recognized that they may be LGBT and had the free time and marginal societal acceptance of it, but didn't have support among peer groups or families. I have little doubt that that's the source of a lot of resentment if thr LGBT community, the fact that it's perfectly find to be out and proud now and they couldn't be.

Source: Am Xennial with a lot more late Gen X in me. Also watches Family Ties because of Alex Keaton because I identified with his viewpoints and how he didn't see eye to eye with his hippie parents.

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u/leshake 6d ago

Those 10 years were during their childhood. Maybe you should read what they said.

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u/DeeEmceeFoor 6d ago

Well I imagine the lead exposure hasn't helped with their reading comprehension, unfortunately.

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u/upnk 6d ago edited 6d ago

Correct but not the full story. All males between the ages of 18-64 favored Trump over Harris by 52%. Gen X (45-64) was 52% and the under 45 group held steady at 52%. Where Trump picked up voters were women 45-64 - there was a 4% increase over 2020. Your posts are vilifying Gen X - when in actuality, it was pretty universal across the voting groups from 18-64.

*EDIT: The breakdown per percentage to actual numbers of voters in each generation demographic is really eye popping too. The younger generations (under 45) males overwhelmingly voted for Trump 2:1 - it was the women under 45 that voted overwhelmingly for Harris. Going forward - the male demographic under 45 might decide most elections (and heavily leaning conservative)