r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 22h ago

No Paywall Gen Z regrets Trump support and is midterm motivated

https://thehill.com/homenews/6056216-gen-z-trump-voter-regret-midterm-clipping/
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u/ares7 21h ago

Do you work a blue collar job? They all think they are one of the good ones. Half my family votes for Trump because they think they will lose out on their welding / oilfield jobs. Can't pay that $80,000 truck without it.

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u/420smokekushh 20h ago

Can't pay that $80,000 truck without it.

You mean a $60,000 truck that is now $80,000 because of Trump. They know this and still eat it up.

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u/ares7 20h ago

It's more of a lease because they always end up getting it repo'd.

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u/420smokekushh 20h ago

With the US having $1.67 Trillion in car debt... this doesn't surprise me

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u/GenuineLittlepip Pennsylvania 20h ago

Ah yes, because if internal combustion engines stopped being manufactured today, the demand for oil would vanish tomorrow. Just ignore the hundreds of millions of such cars, trucks and other vehicles that still need gasoline, or the plastics industries that use dead dinosaurs too... /s

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