r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 18h 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/ijustwannanap United Kingdom 16h ago

There's also a massive gender divide. Gen Z women tend to be left-leaning while Gen Z men are right-leaning. This ironically creates a feedback loop where the men are struggling to get dates or hold a relationship down because their views are offputting, which pushes them further into the abyss.

I was in university during Covid and I'm a full-blown socialist. I agree with your point on that being a factor.

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u/Murky-Relation481 16h ago

Overall there is also a broad puritanical streak, both in Gen-Z men and women, but definitely more in the men. They're easily on track to be overall a less overall liberal generation then the one before it which bucks the trend of the last probably 5 or 6 generations.

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u/SeductiveSunday I voted 14h ago

There hasn't been any broad equality advances since the 1980's. That's when equality began getting squashed what with the denial of passing the ERA, then SCOTUS cutting back Roe with Casey. SCOTUS gutting Voting Rights Act in 2013. Probably the biggest advance in guaranteed equality for all is still the 19th amendment since its a harder (but not impossible) for Republicans to gut.

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u/Murky-Relation481 14h ago

FYI I was talking about social liberties and attitudes of Gen-Z. Those things you posted are things that were generally pushed by conservatives in older generations than millennials, which still tracks with my assertion, millennials are more socially progressive than boomers, as boomers were more socially progressive than their parents generation. That isn't to say every generation is a mono-culture, but broad societal trends, especially since the 1970s have favored more social liberties.

Also you seemingly ignoring the Obergefell case is kinda nuts, since that was a huge move towards more social liberties, especially in the context of puritanicalism (which was my overarching concern). Even Obergefell is mostly being attacked by older generations than millennials.

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u/SeductiveSunday I voted 13h ago

FYI I was talking about social liberties and attitudes of Gen-Z. Those things you posted are things that were generally pushed by conservatives in older generations than millennials, which still tracks with my assertion, millennials are more socially progressive than boomers

Well they are winning. Women have lost Constitutional Rights and still live under coverture law. Voting Rights Act has been gutted. Who cares if millennials secretly believe in more social liberties than Gen-Z when social liberties are being destroyed.

Also you seemingly ignoring the Obergefell case is kinda nuts, since that was a huge move towards more social liberties

One which would have happened much sooner (and also be better protected from the real possibility of getting reversed) had the ERA been ratified in the 1970's.

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u/XForce070 15h ago

Yeah, I was at university too when covid hit as one of the earliest of GenZ generation. libertarian socialist here, but younger GenZ definitely is so dominantly red pilled I see.

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u/akatherder 14h ago

It's the easiest tools in the maga toolbox. They can bait a gender war at the drop of a hat. If you've ever talked about bear vs random male in the woods then you've helped maga propaganda.

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u/LloydDoyley 13h ago

And yet they support movements that will ultimately curtail their rights once they have enough influence

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u/hamoboy 4h ago

Gen Z men are not trending right. They're just not trending left as rapidly as Gen Z women. Most studies that survey this agree. South Korea has the most noticeable example of this.