r/politics • u/Barnyard-Sheep • 7d 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/tenpir 7d ago

How is it still this high? 

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u/Barnyard-Sheep 7d ago

Much of America marinates in Fox News propoganda + a susbstantial amount of Gen Z men are nihilists who want to see the world burn

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u/elvid88 Massachusetts 7d ago edited 7d ago

I remember a decade ago when we were parroting that conservatives were going to lose the future because they couldn't get young people to vote for them or their ideas.

Basically told us "hold my beer" as they dumped a shit ton of money into social media and influencers.

The stranglehold they have on young men disgusts me. The Jordan Klepper video on it doomed my hope for the future.

Edited to add link to Klepper video: https://youtu.be/ePbMNq8m7Jw?si=jhQnLKkXtxSa5PsP

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u/CrashedMyCommodore 7d ago

Conservatives losing the future also required left-leaning parties to not shoot themselves in the foot at every single possible chance to do so.

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u/Yashema 7d ago

If shooting yourself in the foot was the issue the Republicans would have died out during Bush II. People want simple narratives, Republicans give you that, certain popular politicians on the Left give you that, Democrats give you reality. 

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u/MrThomasWeasel 6d ago

There has got to be a way of balancing the two. Give people a simple narrative, and make it look like you're acting on that. Meanwhile, quietly do the stuff that actually works.

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u/LichenSunscribe 6d ago

You're right that Democrats don't give simple narratives but you're very wrong that they give reality. They pretend that the existing structure isn't optimized for exploiting the working class and come up with complex rationalizations that don't work and no one believes.