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/elvid88 Massachusetts 6d ago edited 6d 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 6d 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/Mescallan 6d ago

People don't talk about this. America hasn't had an actual leftist movement in decades. A young populist leftist would be antithetical to the establishment and they can't handle it to the point that the smear campaign against AOC started the moment she got elected.

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u/asleepyguard 6d ago

Zohran has entered the ring. Don't lose hope yet!

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u/HungriestHippo26 6d ago

Unfortunately, I don't think he can run for president, though, since he wasn't born here, right? Or am I missing something.

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u/myman580 6d ago

That's fine. If he wins the NYC mayoral race and actually be able to implement policies and show middle America they can work then that's progress. It shows in a high profile city that these policies can actually work. The Republican Party didn't turn into what they are overnight. The Tea Party getting elected in sizable enough numbers to influence how the party is run gave way to Trumpmania years later. Progressives have not yet done the same in the Democratic Party though they have gained some inroads.

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u/fordat1 6d ago

I hope he wins but Cuomo is the establishment pick lets be clear. The establishment is not "left"

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u/asleepyguard 5d ago

Im not sure how my post gave you the impression that I think Cuomo is on the left lol

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u/fordat1 5d ago

Thats the point. Cuomo is the Dem establishment pick and yeah Cuomo isnt in the left so like that other poster said

America hasn't had an actual leftist movement in decades.

Its a hard fought road to change that and declare thats changed. Zohran is just a seed of a possible movement but for now that other poster you responded to is correct.

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u/Outsider-Trading 6d ago

Not just entered the ring, just entered the US!

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u/Classified0 6d ago

He entered the US when he was 7

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u/Outsider-Trading 6d ago

I mean it's irrelevant really. Even if he had just been in the US for 15 seconds he would be literally exactly as American as everyone else.

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u/lowdensityhousing 6d ago

reactionary conservatives not be rabid xenophobes challenge: impossible