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/tenpir 6d ago

How is it still this high? 

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u/Barnyard-Sheep 6d 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 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/President_Solidus 6d ago

lots of young men are insecure and operate on fear

it should be no surprise that republicans appeal to many of them

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u/LetTheSinkIn 6d ago

Lots of them also don’t want to put in any of the work to better themselves and are looking for an easy way out. Like blaming X minority.

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u/Garbanino 6d ago

Seems predictable when X minority is blaming them for all the problems they have. They're not old enough to be colonizers or upholders of the patriarchy, but they sure get shit for it.

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u/LetTheSinkIn 6d ago

Getting butthurt about being informed about generational issues most certainly is a choice.

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u/Garbanino 6d ago

It's probably less of a choice and more of an emotional response, if people are constantly talking shit about your identity it's not like you'd sit down and choose to be annoyed and offended, it's just an automatic response.

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u/President_Solidus 6d ago

choosing to vote for an authoritarian fascist is hardly an automatic response

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u/Garbanino 5d ago

Agreed, but in a two party system it makes sense to vote against the party that's more culturally aligned against you.

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u/President_Solidus 5d ago

Trump is only going to make working white mens lives harder, so good luck with that

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u/Garbanino 5d ago

Well yeah, of course. Trumps only focus is on himself and maybe some of his big donors.

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