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The Bernie 2016 Campaign really was a waste of time in hindsight. Predicated on the idea of young people being the most progressive young generation ever. Now we’ve ended up with the most conservative young generation since the boomers were young.
Which issues are 18-28 year olds more conservative on than 28-43 or however the breakdown goes? Mostly about immigration? I have a hard time seeing the bulk of 21 year olds being pro-life or wanting lower taxes in exchange for medicaid cuts.
The definitions of what left wing and right wing and liberal and conservative mean have been turned on their heads. For example, do you think these policy ideals below are left wing or right wing?:
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Mostly due to Latinos and Asian under 25 but it is interesting data. I do think it’s true GenZ are little more conservative than Millenials. They didn’t live through the late 90’s and early 2000’s period of sexual liberation, and many have been red pilled.
It’s a major problem for the Democratic Party. But these things have a way of going in cycles. The Republican Party in its previous iteration was being left for dead in 2012 and then they evolved and adapted.
I think the Trump is special and generational. I wonder how many of these gains will stick after he leaves the scene.
Simple and apolitical/nobiased answer: kids want change, often radical change. They see that most institutions from education to corporations to media were left-leaning and so rebelled against that.
That happened because you scum trashed the Bernie Sanders movement and rallied behind demented Joe Biden. Don't worry, we will crush you fuckers.
That's awesome news! Hopefully we can grow those numbers in the next four years and have another amazing night in November 2028. Looking forward to President Vance 😄
All you guys had to do was not push males in female sports, medical gender transitions of minors, COVID school closures, ending advanced instruction in schools, toxic masculinity, and racist DEI. But apparently the cultural crap is all the elite Dems care about now.
Children of Gen X, who grew up under Reagan in the 80s. Children are products of their parents who are significantly more conservative than the generation of flower children before
The younger age group were forced woke stupidity down their throats - while also having the media lie to them repeatedly & politicians locking them into their homes for years of their youth. Yes, they’re the most conservative young group I’ve ever seen.
When you're at an airport, shopping mall, or DMV and realize that your race is a distinct minority on the world stage, you feel a lot less impressed with woke stuff your uncool teachers celebrated.
The Democrats are the ones who locked these kids down for years and made them question everything about their lives including their gender. Not surprising at all.
When you consider that on average GOP voters tend to have 41% - 85% (in some contexts) more kids than their Liberal counterparts there's reason to believe that ideology may just fade out of existence
The way Trump bossed through the assassination attempts was very appealing and people are feeling the America first vibe in tough economic times. That and the Demos have been atrocious
The left hunted people down and tried to get them fired for smiling while wearing a red hat, or making an OK sign. Then they locked everyone in their homes for a year. Then they tried to get people fired for not getting an experimental vaccine. Then they tried to imprison a
Half of youth favor socialism . The democrat main mistake was being flippant about inflation and stupidity on border and do nothing about crime and defund the police , I not sure could fully elections who know but 12 democrat losses then bill Clinton?
run someone funny. Young men have notoriously poor judgment so don’t bother with anything else. Run someone funny and have a few small but specific ideas. No more culture battles.
Australian left wing political tragics keep pushing the 'Trump was elected by white racist MAGA hillbillies!!' story and it's like babes if you can't even perceive reality how do you think you going to change it
The neoliberals have not offered a compelling vision of how the future could be better and different because the capitalists and the donor class have things set up exactly the way they like it right now thank you very much. And the voters didn’t want their Status Quo.
It makes sense. They came of age in Covid lockdowns then the highest inflation in 40 years. I (and many other millennials) came of age during the Great Recession and then Trump’s craziness. Gen Z largely doesn’t remember how insane every day was compared to the calmness before
I saw this yesterday and it triggered me so bad. I’m not really sure why. Maybe because I have a son but he’s still little and part of Gen Alpha. Thoughts ran thru my mind that 18 years of me teaching him to be empathic and kind would be wiped away but MAGA peer pressure
It is very predictable. The democrats have a fundamentally anti-human message. That might convince the old doomers, but the young have optimism, and will resist such garbage.
My 14 year old will be 18 in 2028 and neither he nor any of his friends will vote Democrat unless something significantly shifts. It's a vibe. They all consider wokeness to be stifling and ridiculous. They all consider themselves based. Every friend in his group
They call them The Indulged Generation, warm with participation trophies and smothered with overwhelming parenting. They rarely accept flaws in themselves & project them often on others. They have difficulty with critical or empathetic thinking. Not all, mind you - ripe for MAGA.
Thats because Democrats and the MSM have no message other than Hate Trump. Its a broken and frankly, pointless message with absolutely no redeeming value.
Shouldn't be surprising, really. Public sentiment is like financial markets, it goes too far in one direction, then it turns and goes too far the other way. Market sharks push and pull prices to extend bubbles and crashes, and politicians do the same with political opinion.
I don’t think young people are conservative really. They’re preyed upon by conservative parties who see their anger & disenfranchisement with left-wing parties who court the centre-right, cater only to old who are better off, and do nothing to address wealth inequality for youth
Was just telling a friend about this the yesterday, word by word..lol I've been hearing and seeing this the last 2 years I think its amazing! Charlie Kirk and a few others have had a huge impact on this generation. Thank God its happening
I think young people are more change oriented and anti establishment. I think with the right agenda some will flipp. That means saying no to Kamala
Demographics are still destiny and people on the left aren't having kids. But also young people are probably never going to vote for the hall monitors.
There’s a reason why. The internet and right wing media bias.
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The only way they'll learn is by experiencing what conservatives actually do. Let them get the economic crash. Cut everything that helps the middle class and poor. Fuck it all up. Don't stop them. Let them get their full conservative country.
These kids can't see a future for themselves, with expenses far greater than incomes. Electing Trump was an attempt to change the status quo. Trump is not their failure.
My granddaughter & her large group of friends (mid-teens) are certainly more serious critical thinkers, more conservative, more reality based, more health conscious, more historical & world vision minded, & more community service minded. Most are Christian homeschooled leaders.
My kids are all Gen Z. Kids in this generation are more likely to knit than do drugs, they're homebodies, and they like traditional values.
You guys will never do the work that needs to be done. Everyone was telling you for years what was going to keep the votes and you guys just kept supporting the radical extremists.
The thing is this is not surprising at all. I am a man in this group. We have been told our whole lives that those before us had it better. We have watched millennials go off the deep end of cultural issues. We have seen cultural issues force their way into our lives
Very difficult for me to believe this unless our definition of Conservative and Liberal cultural beliefs have changed. Do young people now want to undo Obergefell? Are they for the erasure of Trans person from public life?
They want inclusion for all, women’s rights and a healthy planet and believe in an educated society - these are the brilliant young people Im lucky to be around.
The conservatives are the only one being mobilized because the more progressively inclined can't be bothered to choose between 2 Republicans
The left thought that their mind virus was innate to homo sapiens, so they ignored the brainwash part and left their children to raise themselves. Mankind's natural state is liberty.
All my sons ages 19-26 vote Trump because I didn't raise fucking morons. It starts in the home, with parents. Mine didn't raise me to be a fucking moron either.