- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
Summary
Donald Trump’s popularity among Generation Z voters has sharply declined since the 2024 election, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll.
His net favorability among 18-29-year-olds has dropped from +19 in November to -18, raising concerns for Republicans about sustaining youth support.
While Trump gained ground with young voters in 2024, recent policies—such as his mass deportation plan and targeting of DEI initiatives—may have contributed to this decline.
There’s also a lot of incel Zoomers. I think that’s where the bulk or his youth support came from.
It’s so stupid because it’s entirely typical for guys 12-22 to not be getting laid, and the boys who get sucked into this extremist bullshit shouldn’t be thinking they are victims of anything other than typical adolescents. The dumb kid to neo nazi pipeline is really shitty and clearly still works very effectively.
Well, that’s true, but the Zoomers are facing some unique headwinds. They’re the first generation to come of age in a post internet era, and I’ve heard people argue that being inundated with social media as well as having such easy access to pornography is giving them a warped view of sex and personal intimacy. There’s also data going back to 2017 saying they have less sex than previous generations. And on top of that, many of them had Covid interrupt what should have been their formative sexual years.
Anyway, I’m certainly not excusing any of these little shits that become Nazis. But when I think about how I was as an adolescent, and then think about what these kids have to deal with, I can definitely understand how someone like Andrew Tate could manipulate them.