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.

  • eletes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    561·
    5 days ago

    I don’t trust polls anymore. Trump wasn’t supposed to win '16 and it wasn’t supposed to be a blowout '24 according to polls.

    • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
      312·
      5 days ago

      What sucks is he only won the popular vote by about 2 million votes. A lot of these states misrepresent their population with the electoral college and gerrymandering.

      • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        9·
        5 days ago

        it’s almost entirely up to the fact that we use FPTP voting structures in the electoral college, not the electoral college itself.

        granted getting rid of FPTP is going to be easier said than done, but it would definitely benefit us in the long run.

      • goldfndr@lemmy.ml
        2·
        4 days ago

        Gerrymandering would only change a state’s electoral college votes meaningfully in one or two states.

        It’s more often an issue of:

        1. Citizen becomes voter via “motor-votor” registration.
        2. Later, state sends postcard asking to confirm voter’s address.
        3. Voter sees postcard, looks like junkmail or fraudulent mail, discards without response.
        4. State, not checking anything else, drops voter from roll.
    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
      1·
      4 days ago

      Hillary had an 80% chance of winning according to polls. That’s a lot, but Trump still had a 20% chance. That doesn’t really detract from the polls as much as from the reporting on said polls.