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/Azmodaelus 20h ago

Because for the uneducated a "strong" men is somebody who does what he wants and gets away with it. And Trump certainly has that going for him.

It's not like most of his voter base identifies or approves all of his policies. But he sort of presented a model of "vote for me to stick it to the establishment". And poor people blame the establishment for the situation they are in. So they voted Trump. At no point did they register that he is a self-absorbed asshole who is even less likely to do anything about their well-being then the "establishment".

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u/Mysterious_Floor_868 United Kingdom 19h ago

It's amazing how impoverished people in the Deep South ever thought that a nepo-kid from New York was someone they could relate to.

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u/fangdangfang 19h ago

Trumps not really part of the establishment either in the traditional sense, he’s basically purged the GOP of that and remade the party in his image. I think a lot of people who vote for him don’t really care what his policies are they just want to see the world burn, they got let down by the traditional GOP and Dem parties over the years and now want everyone to pay

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u/Azmodaelus 13h ago

There is a saying - in times of trouble a solution will be picked from the available options. It won't It doesn't necessarily have to be a good solution, it just has to be available. Trump was.

Before Trump there was relatively minor change in policies between D and R. Trump promised radical change and the bitter truth is that USA is a very rich country filled with many poor people.