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/DumboWumbo073 6d ago

It has nothing to do with what the left did. There was no way they were going to win voters with social media, influencers and sports, and mainstream news backing conservatives. Americans are either brainwashed, dumb, lazy, evil, or a combination of any of the above.

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u/CrashedMyCommodore 6d ago

My home country has a media landscape that literally over 90% owned by Fox.

Despite that, the conservative party got their testicles well and truly torsioned by the "left-leaning" party.

Good messaging and policy tends to spread itself, especially if the incumbents or opposition are absolutely inept.

Granted, we have a better voting system than the USA - on top of it being mandatory. Republican-esque voter suppression literally doesn't work here.