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Donald Trump is facing a sharp backlash from young voters, with new polling showing his approval rating among Generation Z has dropped to one of its lowest points yet.

The latest YouGov/Yahoo poll, conducted between June 26-30 among 1,597 adults, shows that among Gen Z voters, his net rating has deteriorated sharply, falling from -23 points in May to -41 points in June.

Net ratings do have a tendency to swing much more than a simple approval rating. Still, the president's approval rating in June is low, at 27 percent. The margin of error is at plus or minus 3.2 percent.

Lucas Walsh, a youth political behavior expert and professor at Monash University, told Newsweek that Trump's falling support among Gen Z voters may reflect how young people "respond to issues rather than party allegiances."

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

This discontent does not appear to be translating into strong support for Democrats. The Quantus poll suggests that young voters are feeling politically homeless, with 43 percent of Gen Z voters saying that neither party represents American values.

Welcome to the “party”…

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What amazes me is that there are still people who look at what Donald Trump has done in his life, what he has said and done to become president (twice!) and what he's done since taking office. They look at all this, take a big huff of their own farts and say "I approve of this"

I can't imagine that it takes anything less than a very special kind of cognitive disability to be intelligent enough to use twitter, but dumb enough to support this petulant, stroppy, bafflingly stupid man-toddler.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

You would t believe the false propagandized worlds these people live in. I have a close friend that turned his head towards this stuff over the years I’ve been trying my best pull back. But I mean it’s 100% like science fiction. They can say gravity isn’t real and these people would believe it. It’s very sad. It’s usually rooted in fear tactics and it overrides any logic. Lots of doubles speak too. Many really believe trump just wants to get rid of criminals. That’s the party line, but it’s double speak for migrants

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

There has been a concerted effort for the last 15 to 20 years by the alt-right to court young disillusioned men and women using divisiveness and the slowly declining status quo as a lever.

Doesn't matter that the insanely wealthy right wing is primarily responsible for pushing the deterioration, it only matters that the insanely wealthy liberals in the government haven't done anything substantive to stop it.

For reference, see Nancy Pelosi's fucking dedicated ice cream fridge she showed off in an interview to seem relatable.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How it got to any measurable levels in the first place is the real mystery.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Why does his approval rating matter? Even if those stats are valid?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Right? I see all of these "appeasement" style pieces trying to get us to feel some sort of vindication. It's all bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Those stats might affect the adoration of his groupies, and how many are re-elected.

Most horribly of all, we have Vance thinking he can step into the big orange footprints to be ordained next. We can’t have that weasel elected. It would be more of the same but more evil, less self-centered gibberish

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

If you didn't recognize what he was after the disaster that was his first administration, all his admission of what he said he would do, and then still either voted for him or didn't vote because you didn't recognize the repeat threat he was and couldn't get off your fat ass to vote to prevent him from taking office, I'm sorry, but you're in the group of people who can't handle responsibilities of being a fucking adult.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Single issue protestors put in in office. Now they don’t like him there?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Too fucking late man. Dudes already in office wrecking the country..

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Dumbasses needed to see him do it live rather than google the existing data on how disastrous his last term was. Last time he was in office, they were listening to Baby Shark. "It happened 5 years ago so that's ancient history. I've got better things to do, like doomscrolling Tiktok for 8 hours"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The people who support Trump en masse are not really represented here. His dedicated base absolutely love everything he is doing. Especially the immigrant Holocaust he has started.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 3 days ago (1 children)

too late for post-nut clarity, kids. he's not just a person he's a cultural moment y'all embraced and is going to take a lot more of a "well maybe he's not that great for the economy" to unfuck ourselves from. how about some introspection about why we're attracted to narcissists or so deeply spiritually moved by shitty tough-man antics? where's that political analysis?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Yeah. But they saved Gaza.

/s

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago

IF it's from Newsweek, it's just a shitty clickbait title with nothing of actual substance in the actual article. Lemmy users need to stop posting Newsweek links, it is not a good source to trust.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/newsweek/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

There aren't going to be any more elections.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 days ago (1 children)

His polling numbers dont matter. Either he cannot run for president again or he fucks up the government bad enough to allow him to, in which case the vote is going to be rigged AF anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

If he hasn't had a heart from all the hamberders by the next election cycle I guarantee he will run for president again and it'll be up to congress and or the supreme court to stop him. Depending on the make up of those to entities I think there's a chance they would stop him.

Rules for thee but not for me and all that.

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