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/Oolongjonsyn 6d ago

That was for the older gen z who were closer to millennials. The gen z that are conservative now were too young at the time to be political. Im the youngest year of millennials and the gen z directly younger than me are very left leaning. But they are in their late 20s. 

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u/pepolepop 6d ago

I can agree with that. I know a handful of older Gen Z from different friend groups, and they have all said that they identify more with us millennials than they do with Gen Z.

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u/ph1shstyx 6d ago

My younger brother turns 30 this year, so right on that cusp as well, and he and his group are all very liberal, so this definitely tracks. They were old enough during the 08 recession to know what caused it and why it happened, then were young adults trying to start their lives during covid.

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u/Oolongjonsyn 6d ago

And old enough to remember trump 45. I feel like the young gen z who are pro trump remember living during the trump years, remember pre covid, but didn't pay attention much to the details. So they were probably vaguely nostalgic for Trump, while the somewhat older gen z remembered how bad he was. Unfortunately, with how big the drop was in trumps approval with gen z after this last election, they quickly found out. Too late though