A poll shows the president's net favorable rating among those aged 18-29 has fallen dramatically in the past three months.

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.

  • gravitas_deficiencyEnglish
    872·
    5 days ago

    It’s almost like a ton of zoomers weren’t paying attention to what the fuck he was doing last time around.

    • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
      75·
      5 days ago

      If you think about it, a TON of zoomers were maybe 10 years old when he started his shit.

      It’s literally all they have known for most of their formative years. I blame their parents more then them. They never talked to their kids about what he’s doing apparently.

      I tell my two kids that what he is doing is evil, and anyone who follows him is broken in some form or another. I tell them ALL the stuff our country has done, good and bad, and to keep learning, keep questioning, and most of all: beware of people like him. They are world enders.

    • stickly@lemmy.world
      32·
      5 days ago

      A lot of people were the same age when GWB was signing the Patriot Act and didn’t realize the consequences of his presidency until much later. Young people are impressionable but they do change.

      • Jax
        12·
        5 days ago

        Problem is there are too many old people misguiding young people, the capacity for change doesn’t matter if the same mistakes will be repeated by the next generation.

    • blakenong@lemmings.worldEnglish
      151·
      5 days ago

      They were kids. Their parents blamed Biden for the lockdown. They hated the lockdown.

      But, many people are easily swayed by emotions. That’s why that whole “genocide Joe” influence worked so well.

      Very few people can see the forest through the trees.

    • vaultdweller013
      11·
      5 days ago

      I was 16 at the start of the last time, so yeah quite a few of the middle and younger zoomers may legit not remember or were too young to understand.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      5 days ago

      the unfortunate truth is that most zoomers got politically engaged during the biden admin, most zoomers were in elementary, maybe middle MAYBE highschool during the first trump term. This was most definitely an expected result to some degree.

      best we can hope for is a significant demographic shift.