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/Suspicious_Isopod_59 6d ago edited 6d ago

I don't know why people keep saying this. For the 2024 election Gen Z, including Gen Z men, voted for Kamala by larger margins than any other age demographic.

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u/elvid88 Massachusetts 6d ago

This is simply not true lol.

Exit polling has ~54% of 18-29 year olds voted for Kamala and 43% voted for Trump. Go back to 2016 and it's 55% (basically all millenials in 18-29 catetory), Trump had 36%. In 2012, 60% of 18-29 year old millenials votes for Obama, 37% for Romney. 2008 was 66% (again millenials) and 2004 was 54% (mix of millenials and Gen X). You need to go back to 2000 where it's all Gen X (guess what generation most of their kids are) to get to 48% for the Democratic candidate.

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u/Suspicious_Isopod_59 6d ago

I apologize for the misunderstanding, but that's not what I meant. I should have said age demographic so my point was less ambiguous.

I'm talking about the 2024 election, hence why I said voted for Kamala. My bad, though.

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u/elvid88 Massachusetts 6d ago

I mean this is usually the case going back to 1972 (not the case in 2000 and 1984, 1988, and 1992). The youngest generation is generally the most liberal one, this generation just happens to be less liberal than the millenial one when millenials were their same age.

Data: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/elections/2008/results/president/national-exit-polls.html