MicroWaveDec 30

Gen Z men are moving away from MAGA in droves, polls show

https://lemmy.world/post/40905742

Gen Z men are moving away from MAGA in droves, polls show - Lemmy.World

Economic concerns and growing disenchantment with both parties is draining support for Trump among Gen Z young men, a key bloc of support during the 2024 election Male Gen Z voters are breaking with Donald Trump and the Republican party at large, recent polls show, less than a year after this same cohort defied convention and made a surprise shift right, helping Trump win the 2024 election. Taken with wider polling suggesting Democrats will lead in the midterms, the findings on young men spell serious trouble for the Republican Party in 2026. Younger Gen Z men, those born between 2002 and 2007, may be even more anti-Trump, according to October research from YouGov and the Young Men’s Research Project [https://youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/two-gen-zs-two-different-politics], a potential sign that their time living through the social upheavals of the Covid pandemic and not being political aware during the first Trump administration may be shaping their experience.

Show threadGutterRat42Dec 30
My sister (F 22) voted for Trump over taxes, Haitian and Venezuelan immigrants. She is 1st gen, born of 2 immigrants who also voted for Trump. Every time I present new evidence of how bad Trump is, she pulls ChatGPT and “debunks my lies” with nicely crafted confirmation bias prompts. If you all know how to get through to GenZers, I am listening.
Show threadfizzleDec 30

Ask what it would take to convince her.

She will probably require something which is just not practically possible.

If her assertion is not falsifiable, then its based on faith. You can’t argue with that.

Show threadKlear
This is a bit disingenuous. Convincing me that Trump is not an idiot would also require something that is not practically possible (namely him not being a total imbecile).
Dec 30 at 2:43pmWeb
Show threadCannonFodderDec 30
I think it’s implied to ask for what it would take to convince you if it were true. If you witnessed trump in a non prepared debate making salient points, clever logic and such, you figure he wasn’t actually an idiot, right?
Show threadfizzleDec 30
If it were true that Trump is not an idiot then evidence of that would be practically possible.