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surfered

(8,220 posts) Tue Jul 22, 2025, 07:22 PM Jul 22

Gen Z has buyers remorse on Trump

Published by digby on July 22, 2025
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https://i.ibb.co/mCy18f12/IMG-8488.webp
Graph: Views of Trump by age group

Article:
“I won’t pretend to understand why they were as enthusiastic about Trump as they were in the first place. I suppose it’s possible that Trump just seemed normal to a lot of young people because he’d been president before and they had the sense that he did a good job. The “bro” factor played into it too, I think.

But they can all see him in action now and it’s obvious that he’s a miserable failure and an addled criminal.

*I should add that many Gen Xers have some splainin’ to do too. They should have known better.”

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Gen Z has buyers remorse on Trump (Original Post) surfered Jul 22 OP

CBS NEWS POLL: Trump's approval trends among ages 18-29-Net 54 point negative swing LetMyPeopleVote Jul 22 #1

"Rarely is it asked, 'Is our children learning?'" JenniferJuniper Jul 22 #3

LOL ananda Jul 22 #9

Muskrat brought a lot of young men to the party. Hopefully they all leave with him. MLAA Jul 22 #2

Actually, Trump improved slightly more with young women than with young men, in 2024 muriel_volestrangler Jul 23 #14

Interesting, thank you for the data. MLAA Jul 23 #17

WTAF Alice B. Jul 23 #19

GenX have been notoriously pro-TSF mcar Jul 22 #4

Yes. It is pretty lonely being a Democratic Gen Xer Iris Jul 22 #10

Perhaps they will learn that elections have consequences. Biophilic Jul 22 #5

That's a very painful lesson we should have learned from by now. Boomerproud Jul 22 #6

they have tik tok to comfort them lol nt msongs Jul 22 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Jul 22 #8

I Got Advice... Pay Close Attention Before You Cha Jul 22 #11

I can't keep the Gens straight KentuckyWoman Jul 22 #12

Me too. surfered Jul 22 #13

FAFO, did they? raccoon Jul 23 #15

The good news is they're young enough to learn from mistakes. eShirl Jul 23 #16

Not to mention they are young enough to pay for all the damage they caused with their foolishness. travelingthrulife Jul 23 #18

I got the sense they felt he was a subversive candidate and that Alice B. Jul 23 #20

They ALL should have known better DFW Jul 23 #21

LetMyPeopleVote

(167,017 posts)

1. CBS NEWS POLL: Trump's approval trends among ages 18-29-Net 54 point negative swing

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 07:25 PM

Jul 22

Link to tweet

CBS NEWS POLL: Trump's approval trends among ages 18-29

Early February
🟢 Approve: 55% (+10)
🟤 Disapprove: 45%

JULY
🟢 Approve: 28% (-44)
🟤 Disapprove: 72%

Net 54 point negative swing

JenniferJuniper

(4,557 posts)

3. "Rarely is it asked, 'Is our children learning?'"

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 07:27 PM

Jul 22

ananda

(32,667 posts)

9. LOL

Reply to JenniferJuniper (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:06 PM

Jul 22

Obviously not much at all.

"Education aint what it used to be...
but then, it never was."

Will Rogers

MLAA

(19,367 posts)

2. Muskrat brought a lot of young men to the party. Hopefully they all leave with him.

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 07:27 PM

Jul 22

muriel_volestrangler

(104,227 posts)

14. Actually, Trump improved slightly more with young women than with young men, in 2024

Reply to MLAA (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 04:36 AM

Jul 23

https://cawp.rutgers.edu/blog/gender-differences-2024-presidential-vote

Democratic vote with 18-29 women: 2016 63%, 2020 67%, 2024 61%
(so 6% down from 2020 to 2024, and 2% down from 2016 to 2024)

Democratic vote with 18-29 men: 2016 47%, 2020 52%, 2024 48%)
(so 4% down from 2020 to 2024, and 1% up from 2016 to 2024)

MLAA

(19,367 posts)

17. Interesting, thank you for the data.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #14)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 08:47 AM

Jul 23

Alice B.

(574 posts)

19. WTAF

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #14)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 08:53 AM

Jul 23

Though I do remember reading somewhere that these kids were unaware of Access Hollywood etc.

mcar

(44,982 posts)

4. GenX have been notoriously pro-TSF

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 07:29 PM

Jul 22

They do have some 'splainin' to do.

Iris

(16,519 posts)

10. Yes. It is pretty lonely being a Democratic Gen Xer

Reply to mcar (Reply #4)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:34 PM

Jul 22

Biophilic

(5,912 posts)

5. Perhaps they will learn that elections have consequences.

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 07:30 PM

Jul 22

And those consequences often impact most of us.

Boomerproud

(8,879 posts)

6. That's a very painful lesson we should have learned from by now.

Reply to Biophilic (Reply #5)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 08:06 PM

Jul 22

I'm not holding my breath.

msongs

(71,888 posts)

7. they have tik tok to comfort them lol nt

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 09:46 PM

Jul 22

Response to surfered (Original post)

PeaceWave This message was self-deleted by its author.

Cha

(313,308 posts)

11. I Got Advice... Pay Close Attention Before You

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:48 PM

Jul 22

vote for a Rapist, Racist, Felon, Sexual Perverted Harasser, Traitor to the USA.. Oh and Pathological LIAR, Pedophile.

I think the Manipulative $$$$$media had a big hand hand in that too.

KentuckyWoman

(7,167 posts)

12. I can't keep the Gens straight

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:59 PM

Jul 22

Looked them up so many times but it won't stick in my head.

Doesn't matter much to me old or young. Anyone who voted for this and now regrets can cuss word, cuss word, cuss word until someone invents some stronger cuss words. Every single one of them can go cuss word.

surfered

(8,220 posts)

13. Me too.

Reply to KentuckyWoman (Reply #12)

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:24 PM

Jul 22

raccoon

(31,968 posts)

15. FAFO, did they?

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 05:13 AM

Jul 23

eShirl

(19,417 posts)

16. The good news is they're young enough to learn from mistakes.

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 06:36 AM

Jul 23

"Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, won't get fooled again."

travelingthrulife

(2,946 posts)

18. Not to mention they are young enough to pay for all the damage they caused with their foolishness.

Reply to eShirl (Reply #16)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 08:50 AM

Jul 23

Alice B.

(574 posts)

20. I got the sense they felt he was a subversive candidate and that

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 08:57 AM

Jul 23

… appealed to them.
I live in a college town FWIW.

I was at a small July 4 protest at the edge of campus and a carload of young men took great delight in roaring past us yelling TSF’s name 🙄

DFW

(58,604 posts)

21. They ALL should have known better

Reply to surfered (Original post)

Wed Jul 23, 2025, 08:58 AM

Jul 23

The only ones with half an excuse are those with both severe dyslexia and total deafness.

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