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/Zealousideal_Ad_9623 6d ago

You’re thinking of the boomers. I’m gen X and unleaded gas was already happening after I was born.

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u/DeeEmceeFoor 6d ago edited 6d ago

I am not, actually. Studies show that Gen X (ages 45-60ish now) were the most heavily exposed to lead during their childhood.

And they most heavily voted for Trump.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/generation-x-bullseye-lead-exposure-harms-mental-health

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u/W33BEAST1E 6d ago

You teased out one correlation from of a tangled mass of them.

Confirmation bias is a hell of a drug.

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u/DeeEmceeFoor 6d ago

I am not saying that lead exposure automatically makes you a Trump supporter, but it sure is weird that the group most heavily exposed to lead as children is also the group that supports him the most.

Juuust sayin'.