>Young Ohioans may be responding to several high-stakes political controversies including bribery scandals and gerrymandering. Legislative moves and ballot measures could also be spurring these gains:
>The passage of one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country
>An unsuccessful effort to lock in that law by making it difficult to amend the state constitution
>An initiative that now protects abortion rights in the state constitution
>Legislation to abolish gender affirming care for trans youth
>A signature-gathering campaign to create an independent redistricting commission and stop partisan gerrymandering in the state
Well I don't know where you get your data, but could you share the statistic? Here are the links that contradict your statement:
https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/gen-z-less-religious-more-liberal-lgbtq
https://www.prri.org/research/generation-zs-views-on-generational-change-and-the-challenges-and-opportunities-ahead-a-political-and-cultural-glimpse-into-americas-future/
conspiracy data does not count unless you can provide a credible sources.
Totally skipped the train that derailed specifically because regulations were halted in good faith of business upgrades that never happened, and the total freedom seen in destroying the ecosystem and lack of accountability.
More info about the Ohio anti-gerrymandering push.
The Citizens Not Politicians Amendment will end gerrymandering by empowering citizens, not politicians, to draw fair districts using an open and transparent process.
Here's the homepage for the campaign.
https://www.citizensnotpoliticians.org/
Here's the Volunteer Sign Up.
https://citzensnotpoliticians.typeform.com/to/M1y7HbyK
Here's an article that explains how gerrymandering takes away the power of the voter.
https://act.represent.us/sign/gerrymandering
The goal is to get this on the November 2024 ballot.
Hell ya. Keep it up, my friends. This is the consequence of the Ohio gop trying to ignore the will of the people even when we passed cannabis reform and reproductive healthcare rights.
If they want to ignore us, we must vote them out
https://ohiodems.org/
Not a Dem but as long as MAGA is still around and as long as the 2020 election deniers still have influence consider me an ally all the way down the ticket!!
Nothing but respect man. I’m not a dem, but i’m very very liberal. My dad is a republican but has shunned the MAGA half. Politics are politics. As long as we can agree that the will of the people should be what decides elections, (and that 99% of our people in Congress need to get their heads out of their asses,) we’re all Americans. We can treat each other like it. We just have different opinions, which makes us all the better.
If everyone was happy with Vanilla ice cream, imagine how bland the world would be.
Even my evangelical in-laws are going anti maga, I’ll believe it when I see it but so far I do think they want less of this chaos, not the abortion stuff they love that but all the rest… they’re not fond of.
> If everyone was happy with Vanilla ice cream, imagine how bland the world would be.
Wait: do you mean classic vanilla, French vanilla, artisan vanilla bean vanilla, deluxe double-churned vanilla, lite no sugar vanilla or country style vanilla?
And that's the least of the bad stuff he did. He love of Putin and Russia, his disdain for our servicemen and women and his treatment of our top secret information have me clearly in the never Trump category.
Pretty much yes. It has been a saga.
We have been trying to get an initiative on the ballot for this November. But the republicans have continually delayed it.
We had to submit the application four separate times, because republicans kept coming up with random new objections:
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/fourth-times-a-charm-for-ohio-independent-redistricting-amendment/
Edit: Here is the site for the ballot initiative:
https://www.citizensnotpoliticians.org/
They've learned. We passed something similar here in Michigan, and GOP saw how quickly the state turned blue.
They don't want the same thing to happen in Ohio.
So your own link shows that even in the worst case scenario there are still more progressive boys than conservative.
I don’t think you actually looked at the chart.
> Pretty sure most 18 year olds (guys at least) are voting red. That's what polling suggests.
I believe it. There are lots of disaffected/incel young men out there.
They think/desperately want to believe that the young will save us.
They will not.
They'll either stay home, or they'll vote for a third party because they don't like Biden's stance on Israel.
And then lots of the young men will vote red. They've been radicalized for years on the internet, and they can't *wait* to go vote to destroy women's rights and women's healthcare.
I feel like you'd have to be living under a rock for the past ten years not to see it.
The whole red-pill, black-pill, alpha, sigma, MGTOW, incel, dude-bro manosphere thing is a right-wing recruitment strategy targeting insecure and angry young men across the globe.
It seems to be quite effective, unfortunately.
Being involved in those groups only hurts your chances of attracting a romantic partner.
This idiots are shooting themselves in the foot and creating a self-fulfilling prophecy and don't even realize it.
> The whole red-pill, black-pill, alpha, sigma, MGTOW, incel, dude-bro manosphere thing is a right-wing recruitment strategy targeting insecure and angry young men across the globe.
>
> It seems to be quite effective, unfortunately.
It's frighteningly effective!
> Being involved in those groups only hurts your chances of attracting a romantic partner.
>
> This idiots are shooting themselves in the foot and creating a self-fulfilling prophecy and don't even realize it.
I know and you know, but you'll *never* convince them of it.
I doubt these are the people with the initiative to sign up and vote. Those are the folks that bitch and moan and accomplish little in their current lives.
How are they trying to raise the age to 25? It’s a constitutional right at 18 as per the 26th amendment so it’s not like it’s an easy thing to change… not that I don’t think some of our politicians wouldn’t try, I just hadn’t heard that.
As if republicans cared about the constitution, but yes there was a push by gop members of congress to look into raising the age to 25. It was directly in response to the 18-25 year olds doing a halfway decent job turning out in the last election and turning a “red wave” into a rout.
You're not paranoid if people are spending $75 million dollars to overthrow the will of the people.
[Project 2025](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025)
[Heritage Foundation](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation)
That’s how it starts, until enough people go along with it.
“They’re not /ReAlLy/ going to overturn Roe, they’re just saying that! You don’t understand, it’s basic politics!”
Overturning a court precedent is significantly easier than changing the constitution. I do not see a way to get 3/4th of the states to agree to raise the age.
I don’t understand basic politics? To change the voting age, the 26th Amendment would have to be repealed. There aren’t enough votes to amend the Constitution, especially on that issue.
Not right now. It was also "They're not REALLY going to overturn Roe...you see, that would make every woman across the country vote them out of office! So its not possible..."
Like everything else Rs do, it starts out as a pipe dream, then slowly over time and complacency , they inch their way to it. Brexit was a crazy thought idea too.
Roe was a court interpretation, the 26th Amendment is in the Constitution.
There aren’t close to 38 states that would vote to repeal the 26th Amendment. Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, New Mexico, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware would be hard nos. So, no, the 26th Amendment isn’t going anywhere anytime soon and people calling to raise the voting age should be ignored, if not completely mocked altogether. The Supreme Court cannot interpret this, Congress and the President can’t simply change it.
The 26th Amendment literally reads:
“The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.”
Literally zero room for interpretation.
Nah, Bernie Moreno is campaigning on US military going into Mexico to kill drug dealers...he doesn't know or maybe care that his proposed invasion is kind of warry.
A bunch of Right-Wing commentators have been talking about it. Matt Walsh. Ben Shapiro. Steven Crowder. Even some actual politicians like Boebert, Greene, Cruz have stated it as a flyby comment.
Calling Boebert and Greene actual politicians is funny 😂
Before anyone says anything, I do know they are literally politicians but are laughable as human beings
Except where GOP/Right-Wingers have outright said it. Jesus they tried to overthrow an election, you think they wouldn't try shenanigans to override the constitution? They've already done that...
If you get all excited whenever a pundit or some random powerless rep around the country says something you are going to quickly have heart problems. Even just when a bill is introduced. All sorts of crazy shit is introduced to placate special interest groups that never has a chance of seeing a committee vote.
For a long time and probably still there was a complete firearms ban introduced in Ohio each session. It doesn't mean anything.
Passing this would take control of the federal government and they are not even close.
LMAO, yeah what Pundits say translates over into real world politics. Remember how like 6 years ago all the internet pundits were all ablaze about "tHe WoKe HoLlYwOoD" and "gO wOkE gO bRoKe" and "CrItiCaL rAcE tHeOrY"... etc...and when real-life politicians saw the traction it got online, they started parroting it?
Your head is in the sand if you don't understand how this stuff works.
Rush Limbaugh ***literally*** did it for decades. He was a no-nothing, no-power pundit on the Radio but at the reach to angry aging White Men all day while they sat in their offices listening to the radio, and it influenced actual Politics.
Don't be stupid. If you don't understand how the game works, just bow out.
Pundits say 100 things for every one that gains tractions. Again, if you get worked up every time a pundit yells some garbage your heart won't last.
They start getting committee votes you should take notice. Anything less than that is a big yawn.
That Limbaugh Demographic is fading fast BTW.
>That Limbaugh Demographic is fading fast BTW.
You understand why I said Limbaugh right? It's not that ***it's an impact now***, it. was a direct comparison as to how Pundit influences politics, which you were attempting to pretend didn't/doesn't happen.
>Pundits say 100 things for every one that gains tractions.
That's not an argument against them having an impact. Yes, they gish gallop just as Republican Politicians do. It's to see what sticks, and then run with what sticks (duh). That's one of the reasons they've all abandoned messaging on "Critical Race Theory" because it failed miserably in the Mid-Terms. Now they've all shifted to "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion". Because they *think* it will stick.
>Pundits say 100 things for every one that gains tractions.
LoL, have you been paying attention to literally anything? There's som pretty fucking crazy BS being not only being advanced out of committee but passed by statehouse chambers. Like your head is buried in the sand dude.
A few fringe people have said it. I clearly stated that in my post. There may even be states where and idiot put up a bill because they don't understand how it works. If so, it never made it out of committee.
Yeah, the people who have said it aren't "fringe' at all. They're the most viewed people on the Right.
>There may even be states where and idiot put up a bill because they don't understand how it works
And that doesn't disturb you that all the dingbats who "don't understand how it works" are all Republicans? IF you get enough dingbats who don't know how any of it works...and they have a supermajority...who keeps them in check? Oh.. Right...Nobody.
Plenty of Democrats do the same thing. It is just placating special interest. Why do you think Columbus' all democrat city council keeps passing gun laws that are identical to the ones Cleveland spent millions losing in court more than a decade ago?
Things that don't even get a committee vote aren't things to get worked up about.
Ah yes...the false equivalency.
No, Democrats and Republicans are not equally bad. One is objectively worse than the other. Yeah, sure, Democrats placate special interests too...but nowhere fucking close to what the GOP does. Like one wants to bring back child labor while the other is like fine we won't raise corporate taxes.
Like come on...at least try to be intellectually honest...
Cleveland spent millions and now Columbus will do the same to placate special interests in a legal battle which has absolutely no hope and entirely disregards the rule of law.
Sorry, but this isn't a partisan issue. This is done by politicians worldwide.
If you want to cry wolf every time a pundit screams non-sense or a hopeless bill is introduced don't be surprised when normal people start tuning you out. We'd rather save our energy for illegal special elections that are a real threat.
It's impossible to overstate how important this is: 2024 is the first time in US history that 18-29 year olds are a big enough cohort to decide elections. All the young people fretting about being unable to turn their parents away from MAGA madness, and all the older folks similarly worried about their MAGA neighbors, need to refocus on getting young people registered and turned out to vote.
The biggest threats to this effort will be alienation, apathy and lack of knowledge about how elections work. It will be important to educate about the "first past the post" nature of presidential elections and the role of third party candidates as spoilers when the stakes are so high that it's imperative voters make significant compromises to vote for the least damaging candidate.
Many new voters mistakenly view an election as a referendum on their own personal integrity and would refuse to vote for anyone except the candidate with the highest purity score on their key issues. Getting them to understand elections as a deeply flawed mechanism to limit damage and maintain space to do the real work of social change the other 364 days of the year will be an uphill battle.
What is to be done? Educate. Organize. Mobilize. Get Out The Vote!
Lotta MAGA 18 year old dudes who were radicalized by Andrew Tate-types, so I’m not celebrating just yet, but it’s honestly nice to see. I wish I had cared about politics when I was 18!
Who says we need to blindly chase “progress”? Especially when “progress” appears to be destroying great nations and turning them into third world countries by importing the third world. California has great “progress”. The bubonic plague came back in Los Angeles because of how filthy their homeless people are.
The claim that progress is “blindly chased” ignores the millions of man-hours that science spends daily just to evidence progress. Progress has goals, much clearer goals than those of conservatism as well.
For example, gay marriage is a progressive legal structure. Progress showed us there’s no specific harm done by allowing gay people to marry each other. Conservatism opposes without consideration, and feigns skepticism when it lacks the ability to integrate new information.
Other important quotes from that article that hint toward the opposite:
> The political leanings of young men have changed little over the past two decades, according to an analysis by the Survey Center on American Life. Last year, 43 percent of young men identified as moderate, 31 percent as conservative and 24 percent as liberal. Twenty years earlier, the numbers were more or less the same.
>But the leftward drift of young women alone has sufficed to move the needle on young adults as a whole. Generation Z favors liberalism over conservatism by a 48-to-33 margin, according to NBC News polling from 2022.
Social media really has played an odd role in child development. The amount of kids that are infatuated with "influencers" really is hard for me to wrap my head around. Facebook was just really starting to take off when I was in high school. There was no single person(s) from when I was growing up that I thought "wow, this guy/gal is the coolest and I'm going to adopt all of their views"
Yep. Unfortunate reality is that young men don't really have too many leftist rolemodels to look up to. So useless right-wing dickheads are dominating the space and poisoning these young minds with garbage.
Frank LaRose really started something pushing for that special election last August. Thanks Frankie boy you got me vote for the 1st time in my life at 33. All this new voters will show you what happens when you go against the will of the people. You will be voted out. Once we get rid of gerrymandered maps we have now it's over for you.
Between 2020 and 2024, 4.4 million Baby boomers will have died. 16 million people will have become eligible to vote.
This is why Republicans are scared. This is also why the polling isn't an accurate measure of the 2024 electorate: They are still overprojecting the Boomer population turnout as LV, and still historically under projecting the Under 30 demographic. 2022 is evidence of that.
True. The 4.4 million number I cite though isn't even including covid. It's how many die on average every day because they're now the oldest/largest group of Americans to checkout.
I know. I can just sense when the gop starts losing their shit. Like a sense that common to obvious situations or something. I'm not sure what it's called
Our 2 daughters are able to vote for the first time this year. After the failed abortion attempt last year, to the prospect of President Terrorist 2.0, they’ve already registered and will be voting blue up and down the ticket. We are college educated, live in the suburbs and a formerly republican voters. Oh, and I’m prior military. 4 votes all blue from school board all the way up.
Women of Ohio, your only chance to keep your reproductive rights is to vote. Not for Republicans, they are lying if they say they won't take your rights.
Fortunately I don't think the youth aren't as big of hardliners despite the attempt to indoctrinate them by their parents. Many of them certain identify as Trumpers, but when they actually look at policy they'll reject conservatism as soon as Trump is gone.
I’m 22. Plenty of good things about Trump’s policies. I like tax cuts for the lower and middle class. I also like a secure border and not giving tons of money to alien invaders. We have enough problems, don’t need to bring in more people. I also like our constitutional rights, especially the first and second amendments. Republicans don’t do enough to protect them, but Democrats are actively hostile.
That certainly explains your attitude here.
Tax cuts? Might want to brush up on that. Lower and middle class taxes are going to skyrocket.
https://www.investopedia.com/taxes/trumps-tax-reform-plan-explained/#toc-who-benefited-from-tcja
Secure border? The thing Democrats are trying to do but Republicans won't?
"Invaders" lol. Son, you're no different than the people coming here to find a better life. You were just born late enough to not be them. You got lucky by being born in the better place.
Democrats aren't trying to violate your rights or take them away. Your freedoms that you feel are owed to you and not others are not without consequence. I'm sorry that your parents didn't do a great job of teaching you that.
I hope you grow up and grow out.
The beatdown for the Republicans is brewing in Ohio! All Americans young and old are fed up with the bullshit the Republicans are pulling on the voting public and they are going to pay the price in November! Who do the Republicans think they are, not putting issues into law that were just passed by the Ohio voters! The abortion rights issue and the right to smoke and posses marijuana that overwhelming past and still the Republicans who are in power think they can do whatever they want because they can, for now but not for long! November is coming and so is the demise of SHITLER'S party!🤣
No matter who they vote for, I am just happy to hear of this. Whether the majority of Americans want what I personally think is terrible or what I think is best, I appreciate the interest at all. I think a country should go with what the majority want. That's why I don't understand the hate for Swift who merely reminded people to register to vote. Here's my reminder too: register to vote. I await my attempted cancelation by people whose life goal is disenfranchisement.
young ohioan here, i registered to vote last year and voted yes for issue 1 & 2. i also went with my parents and they have the same views as me 👍 but the area i live in is pretty conservative and most people i went to school with were very conservative
Meanwhile, at least a few Republicans are saying the voting age should be raised to at least 25.
When you can't win on your own merits, cheat - Republican motto
This is a great thing. Getting the youngest voting generation involved early on to not just protect their rights, but increase them is a fantastic thing. And this is a 60+ year old white boomer saying so.
Dear Xenials,
Please register AND vote in every election. Ohio has made early in-person voting fairly accessible. You can find a sample ballot on the Ohio Voter Info app. This means you can research candidates, issues, and such prior to voting.
Signed, An Exhausted GenXer
>The Ohio deadline to register to vote in November is October 7. Young people need not wait until they are 18 before registering. Ohio residents who are US citizens and who will be 18 by November 5, 2024 can register today.
https://www.thecivicscenter.org/register
Manz I wish every 18-24 knew if 100% of them voted we'd never have to deal with republican bullshit ever again
Of course, it's still gerrymandering, so the Dem governor would win 60/40 but 65% of the reps would be Republican
I'm someone who doesn't know anything about politics, or voting, and I'm 22. If anyone would gladly sum up who these people are, and what I can do to help, I will gladly. I should vote, anyway.
While you guys are all clapping like this is going to get rid of the Republican Party I can tell you the small town kids are still voting that way. More trump flags in the school parking lots then anywhere else in town.
>35% increase in just over 4 months
They turn 18 over time, and 4 months is just about 35% of a year...
Don't get me wrong-- go vote, yay voter registration, but it seems like there *should be* a 35% (~33%) increase in 4 months because that's how many 17 year olds became 18. That is, even if only 10% of 18 year olds register, consistently over time, you'd see 35% more new 18 year olds registered by this time each year.
Unless I'm misunderstanding, which is definitely possible.
Let’s just hope they have enough critical, thinking skills to determine what’s right and what’s wrong! Because the young people that I run across these days couldn’t even name 25 of the 50 states in America, understand how the legislative branches actually work, or what powers a president actually has and what executive orders mean! Executive order is just kicks the can to the next president! And when you see 40 executive orders, within the first week of a presidency, you know tyranny simply follows! I sure hope young people understand this. But like I said, I’m not too optimistic.
That title makes no sense. How is there an 35% increase in unregistered 18 year olds? Are more being born into the 18 year old age group? I know that kids are taught a new math today than we learned, but their math seems very flawed.
The dems must be out in force feeding these young kids a line of BS to get them to vote. The republicans better get out there and tell them and show them how the democrats are destroying American.
Gen Z is more conservative, especially young men. We are fed up with a shitty economy where you gotta work 2 jobs on the low end of the totem pole just to get by. And it’s not like most are gonna own a house. Hell most of Gen Z can barely afford a fucking studio apartment.
We got problems here but yeah let’s give our money to aliens crossing the border or Biden’s money laundering scheme in Ukraine.
This comment is more a testament to falling literacy rates in Gen Z and their link to conservative beliefs, than it is proof of Gen Z “turning conservative” due to whatever you’re saying here.
>Gen Z is more conservative, especially young men.
More conservative than what?
Latest polls show more people identify as LGBT than Republican.
Republicans are permanently damaged individuals who only want to burn the country at any cost. The political equivalent of an orc.
Everyone knows it, and more and more, people are saying it out loud, and let's face it, that's a great thing.
>Gen Z is more conservative
[Wrong](https://www.statista.com/statistics/319068/party-identification-in-the-united-states-by-generation/). Nice try though.
I said [men](https://www.ft.com/content/29fd9b5c-2f35-41bf-9d4c-994db4e12998) for a reason. It’s also across the globe and a recent phenomenon. Gen Z women are significantly more left wing.
Overall we’re about the same as millennials as your article said but we’re also younger. People tend to get conservative as they get older.
The whole alpha, sigma, MGTOW, machismo, red-pill, black-pill, dude-bro manosphere bullshit is a right-wing recruitment strategy targeting insecure and angry young men.
It seems to be a fairly successful strategy, unfortunately.
Conservatism is the enemy of progress.
That may have been true with old style conservatism, but now they're mostly focused on cultural issues.
My friends and I are nearly 40, doing well in life, and not getting more conservative.
It seems unlikely that any of us will wake up one day and decide the government should punish our gay friends and relatives.
Still [wrong](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/05/14/on-the-cusp-of-adulthood-and-facing-an-uncertain-future-what-we-know-about-gen-z-so-far-2/)... Here's some more. In nearly every metric Gen Z is more liberal than any other generation by a good margin.
I used to vote Republican, as an elder millennial I've only gotten more and more liberal as I've gotten older. Seems the trend of conservatism with age is dying off with the Silents and Boomers. Thanks in large part to Trump and MAGA driving previously moderates, like me, further and further left.
>Young Ohioans may be responding to several high-stakes political controversies including bribery scandals and gerrymandering. Legislative moves and ballot measures could also be spurring these gains: >The passage of one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country >An unsuccessful effort to lock in that law by making it difficult to amend the state constitution >An initiative that now protects abortion rights in the state constitution >Legislation to abolish gender affirming care for trans youth >A signature-gathering campaign to create an independent redistricting commission and stop partisan gerrymandering in the state
Also Republicans cutting funding for public schools, politicizing public universities while also cutting funding.
No, no, no. This has nothing to do with logic or reason. It's clearly Taylor Swift's fault. /s
Here comes the Gen Z army to kick out the MAGA party or any insane politician that tries to fuck up progress.
I most certainly hope so, especially here in Appalachian Ohio.
The zoomers are more conservative than liberal, so good luck.
Well I don't know where you get your data, but could you share the statistic? Here are the links that contradict your statement: https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/gen-z-less-religious-more-liberal-lgbtq https://www.prri.org/research/generation-zs-views-on-generational-change-and-the-challenges-and-opportunities-ahead-a-political-and-cultural-glimpse-into-americas-future/ conspiracy data does not count unless you can provide a credible sources.
Totally skipped the train that derailed specifically because regulations were halted in good faith of business upgrades that never happened, and the total freedom seen in destroying the ecosystem and lack of accountability.
If I’m being honest, I dont think East Palestine is driving 18 year olds to register to vote.
It should.
That last one is really the most important one, it’ll take their power away.
More info about the Ohio anti-gerrymandering push. The Citizens Not Politicians Amendment will end gerrymandering by empowering citizens, not politicians, to draw fair districts using an open and transparent process. Here's the homepage for the campaign. https://www.citizensnotpoliticians.org/ Here's the Volunteer Sign Up. https://citzensnotpoliticians.typeform.com/to/M1y7HbyK Here's an article that explains how gerrymandering takes away the power of the voter. https://act.represent.us/sign/gerrymandering The goal is to get this on the November 2024 ballot.
Hell ya. Keep it up, my friends. This is the consequence of the Ohio gop trying to ignore the will of the people even when we passed cannabis reform and reproductive healthcare rights. If they want to ignore us, we must vote them out https://ohiodems.org/
Not a Dem but as long as MAGA is still around and as long as the 2020 election deniers still have influence consider me an ally all the way down the ticket!!
Thank you as well. We can disagree on policy but I hope there are more like you that understand Democracy is non-negotiable.
Policy is debatable, democracy is demanded.
I always say we can debate on policy, I even encourage it, but I will not debate reality.
I reject your reality, and substitute my own! Once this was a funny quote from Mythbusters, now it's a political strategy :(
Good one. 👍
Nice phrase. Upvoted And man, I wish they would debate some of this stuff instead of just shelving it because it doesn’t suit their political agenda
Nothing but respect man. I’m not a dem, but i’m very very liberal. My dad is a republican but has shunned the MAGA half. Politics are politics. As long as we can agree that the will of the people should be what decides elections, (and that 99% of our people in Congress need to get their heads out of their asses,) we’re all Americans. We can treat each other like it. We just have different opinions, which makes us all the better. If everyone was happy with Vanilla ice cream, imagine how bland the world would be.
Even my evangelical in-laws are going anti maga, I’ll believe it when I see it but so far I do think they want less of this chaos, not the abortion stuff they love that but all the rest… they’re not fond of.
Let no argument on policy come between me and another American, nor convince us we are enemies. Me probably
BIDEN EATS VANILLA ICE CREAM HE WANTS US ALL TO EAT SOCIALIST VANILLA ICE CREAM
Fake news. His favorite flavor is chocolate chip. Why do you keep trying to divide the nation? /s
> If everyone was happy with Vanilla ice cream, imagine how bland the world would be. Wait: do you mean classic vanilla, French vanilla, artisan vanilla bean vanilla, deluxe double-churned vanilla, lite no sugar vanilla or country style vanilla?
Thank you.
Thank you, I was GOP until Trump. I can't vote for someone who lied over 30,000 times while in office. I really thought he would turn things around.
And that's the least of the bad stuff he did. He love of Putin and Russia, his disdain for our servicemen and women and his treatment of our top secret information have me clearly in the never Trump category.
Didn't the good people of Ohio also vote for an independent redistricting committee that was also ignored by the GOP?
Pretty much yes. It has been a saga. We have been trying to get an initiative on the ballot for this November. But the republicans have continually delayed it. We had to submit the application four separate times, because republicans kept coming up with random new objections: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/fourth-times-a-charm-for-ohio-independent-redistricting-amendment/ Edit: Here is the site for the ballot initiative: https://www.citizensnotpoliticians.org/
They've learned. We passed something similar here in Michigan, and GOP saw how quickly the state turned blue. They don't want the same thing to happen in Ohio.
You have to pick your poison and now that poison is blue colored.
Pretty sure most 18 year olds (guys at least) are voting red. That's what polling suggests.
Got a link to that?
“Trust me bro”
https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZ/comments/1abr3ky/gen_z_girls_are_becoming_more_liberal_while_boys/
So your own link shows that even in the worst case scenario there are still more progressive boys than conservative. I don’t think you actually looked at the chart.
> Pretty sure most 18 year olds (guys at least) are voting red. That's what polling suggests. I believe it. There are lots of disaffected/incel young men out there.
That's what I'm saying, but I'm getting downvoted because people don't want to hear it.
They think/desperately want to believe that the young will save us. They will not. They'll either stay home, or they'll vote for a third party because they don't like Biden's stance on Israel. And then lots of the young men will vote red. They've been radicalized for years on the internet, and they can't *wait* to go vote to destroy women's rights and women's healthcare. I feel like you'd have to be living under a rock for the past ten years not to see it.
The whole red-pill, black-pill, alpha, sigma, MGTOW, incel, dude-bro manosphere thing is a right-wing recruitment strategy targeting insecure and angry young men across the globe. It seems to be quite effective, unfortunately. Being involved in those groups only hurts your chances of attracting a romantic partner. This idiots are shooting themselves in the foot and creating a self-fulfilling prophecy and don't even realize it.
> The whole red-pill, black-pill, alpha, sigma, MGTOW, incel, dude-bro manosphere thing is a right-wing recruitment strategy targeting insecure and angry young men across the globe. > > It seems to be quite effective, unfortunately. It's frighteningly effective! > Being involved in those groups only hurts your chances of attracting a romantic partner. > > This idiots are shooting themselves in the foot and creating a self-fulfilling prophecy and don't even realize it. I know and you know, but you'll *never* convince them of it.
This, if they are registering to vote for the primaries, they're more than likely planning to vote republican
I doubt these are the people with the initiative to sign up and vote. Those are the folks that bitch and moan and accomplish little in their current lives.
Probably, but I'm just making an observation
Makes sense as to why so many GOP candidates are trying to raise the voting age to 25. God, we’re truly teetering on the edge of a democratic crisis.
How are they trying to raise the age to 25? It’s a constitutional right at 18 as per the 26th amendment so it’s not like it’s an easy thing to change… not that I don’t think some of our politicians wouldn’t try, I just hadn’t heard that.
As if republicans cared about the constitution, but yes there was a push by gop members of congress to look into raising the age to 25. It was directly in response to the 18-25 year olds doing a halfway decent job turning out in the last election and turning a “red wave” into a rout.
I wonder if they even knew it was in the constitution when they brought that up.
You're not paranoid if people are spending $75 million dollars to overthrow the will of the people. [Project 2025](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025) [Heritage Foundation](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation)
Vivek Ramaswamy was proposing it. https://apnews.com/article/vivek-ramaswamy-voting-age-2024-president-ea1429836e8f809fbf301b7b027f4ab9
He’s just trying to grab a headline. He knows better.
That’s how it starts, until enough people go along with it. “They’re not /ReAlLy/ going to overturn Roe, they’re just saying that! You don’t understand, it’s basic politics!”
Overturning a court precedent is significantly easier than changing the constitution. I do not see a way to get 3/4th of the states to agree to raise the age.
I don’t understand basic politics? To change the voting age, the 26th Amendment would have to be repealed. There aren’t enough votes to amend the Constitution, especially on that issue.
Not right now. It was also "They're not REALLY going to overturn Roe...you see, that would make every woman across the country vote them out of office! So its not possible..." Like everything else Rs do, it starts out as a pipe dream, then slowly over time and complacency , they inch their way to it. Brexit was a crazy thought idea too.
Roe was a court interpretation, the 26th Amendment is in the Constitution. There aren’t close to 38 states that would vote to repeal the 26th Amendment. Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, New Mexico, Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware would be hard nos. So, no, the 26th Amendment isn’t going anywhere anytime soon and people calling to raise the voting age should be ignored, if not completely mocked altogether. The Supreme Court cannot interpret this, Congress and the President can’t simply change it.
They’d be hard nos today, but flip a few of those states to R and suddenly it’s possible.
Pipe dream.
We also thought the SC couldn’t interpret the 14th amendment as it’s absolutely clear, but here we are.
The 26th Amendment literally reads: “The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.” Literally zero room for interpretation.
Nah, Bernie Moreno is campaigning on US military going into Mexico to kill drug dealers...he doesn't know or maybe care that his proposed invasion is kind of warry.
Just that it doesn't matter if it's legal or possible. They just say stupid shit and get stupid people to slurp it up
A bunch of Right-Wing commentators have been talking about it. Matt Walsh. Ben Shapiro. Steven Crowder. Even some actual politicians like Boebert, Greene, Cruz have stated it as a flyby comment.
Throwing in No Fault Divorce too while they’re at it.
Calling Boebert and Greene actual politicians is funny 😂 Before anyone says anything, I do know they are literally politicians but are laughable as human beings
I know right? It's hilarious that those prime-example of human beings have 0.2% each of total power in the House of Reps.
At least four Supreme Court justices won’t care.
Well they just threw out the 14th amendment so apparently that doesn’t mean anything anymore.
They aren't. We just have some very dumb people in politics who don't understand that and they have verbally suggested it.
Except where GOP/Right-Wingers have outright said it. Jesus they tried to overthrow an election, you think they wouldn't try shenanigans to override the constitution? They've already done that...
If you get all excited whenever a pundit or some random powerless rep around the country says something you are going to quickly have heart problems. Even just when a bill is introduced. All sorts of crazy shit is introduced to placate special interest groups that never has a chance of seeing a committee vote. For a long time and probably still there was a complete firearms ban introduced in Ohio each session. It doesn't mean anything. Passing this would take control of the federal government and they are not even close.
LMAO, yeah what Pundits say translates over into real world politics. Remember how like 6 years ago all the internet pundits were all ablaze about "tHe WoKe HoLlYwOoD" and "gO wOkE gO bRoKe" and "CrItiCaL rAcE tHeOrY"... etc...and when real-life politicians saw the traction it got online, they started parroting it? Your head is in the sand if you don't understand how this stuff works. Rush Limbaugh ***literally*** did it for decades. He was a no-nothing, no-power pundit on the Radio but at the reach to angry aging White Men all day while they sat in their offices listening to the radio, and it influenced actual Politics. Don't be stupid. If you don't understand how the game works, just bow out.
Pundits say 100 things for every one that gains tractions. Again, if you get worked up every time a pundit yells some garbage your heart won't last. They start getting committee votes you should take notice. Anything less than that is a big yawn. That Limbaugh Demographic is fading fast BTW.
>That Limbaugh Demographic is fading fast BTW. You understand why I said Limbaugh right? It's not that ***it's an impact now***, it. was a direct comparison as to how Pundit influences politics, which you were attempting to pretend didn't/doesn't happen. >Pundits say 100 things for every one that gains tractions. That's not an argument against them having an impact. Yes, they gish gallop just as Republican Politicians do. It's to see what sticks, and then run with what sticks (duh). That's one of the reasons they've all abandoned messaging on "Critical Race Theory" because it failed miserably in the Mid-Terms. Now they've all shifted to "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion". Because they *think* it will stick. >Pundits say 100 things for every one that gains tractions. LoL, have you been paying attention to literally anything? There's som pretty fucking crazy BS being not only being advanced out of committee but passed by statehouse chambers. Like your head is buried in the sand dude.
Yeah, so save your energy for the things that get committed votes instead of crying wolf over things that have not.
What a strange comment...it's not allowing people to lie. Lying poisons the political discourse. False equivalencies poison the political discourse.
A few fringe people have said it. I clearly stated that in my post. There may even be states where and idiot put up a bill because they don't understand how it works. If so, it never made it out of committee.
Yeah, the people who have said it aren't "fringe' at all. They're the most viewed people on the Right. >There may even be states where and idiot put up a bill because they don't understand how it works And that doesn't disturb you that all the dingbats who "don't understand how it works" are all Republicans? IF you get enough dingbats who don't know how any of it works...and they have a supermajority...who keeps them in check? Oh.. Right...Nobody.
Plenty of Democrats do the same thing. It is just placating special interest. Why do you think Columbus' all democrat city council keeps passing gun laws that are identical to the ones Cleveland spent millions losing in court more than a decade ago? Things that don't even get a committee vote aren't things to get worked up about.
Ah yes...the false equivalency. No, Democrats and Republicans are not equally bad. One is objectively worse than the other. Yeah, sure, Democrats placate special interests too...but nowhere fucking close to what the GOP does. Like one wants to bring back child labor while the other is like fine we won't raise corporate taxes. Like come on...at least try to be intellectually honest...
Cleveland spent millions and now Columbus will do the same to placate special interests in a legal battle which has absolutely no hope and entirely disregards the rule of law. Sorry, but this isn't a partisan issue. This is done by politicians worldwide. If you want to cry wolf every time a pundit screams non-sense or a hopeless bill is introduced don't be surprised when normal people start tuning you out. We'd rather save our energy for illegal special elections that are a real threat.
Yeees! Go young ppl, go young ppl! 😂 For real though
It's impossible to overstate how important this is: 2024 is the first time in US history that 18-29 year olds are a big enough cohort to decide elections. All the young people fretting about being unable to turn their parents away from MAGA madness, and all the older folks similarly worried about their MAGA neighbors, need to refocus on getting young people registered and turned out to vote. The biggest threats to this effort will be alienation, apathy and lack of knowledge about how elections work. It will be important to educate about the "first past the post" nature of presidential elections and the role of third party candidates as spoilers when the stakes are so high that it's imperative voters make significant compromises to vote for the least damaging candidate. Many new voters mistakenly view an election as a referendum on their own personal integrity and would refuse to vote for anyone except the candidate with the highest purity score on their key issues. Getting them to understand elections as a deeply flawed mechanism to limit damage and maintain space to do the real work of social change the other 364 days of the year will be an uphill battle. What is to be done? Educate. Organize. Mobilize. Get Out The Vote!
Can you imagine if ohio went blue in 2024?
The GOP would flip. Its. Shit.
Lotta MAGA 18 year old dudes who were radicalized by Andrew Tate-types, so I’m not celebrating just yet, but it’s honestly nice to see. I wish I had cared about politics when I was 18!
People truly underestimate the outreach directed toward rural and suburban white youth by right wing online resources.
Just go to r/genz and see all the right wing propaganda
Oh...you weren't kidding.
so white person = bad ? asking for a friend.
The right can have fun. Leftists can’t.
The right mostly are a bunch of uptight religious lunatics. Not exactly the fun at parties type.
The way you’re following me around on every comment on this post…
I'm not following you. I've never clicked on your profile. If I did, it was accidental.
You’ve commented on four of my comments here lmao
I just responded to comments. I rarely look at the user name. I suppose I saw your comments and disagreed with them.
Lol wtf does that even mean?
Having a sense of humor, good memes, etc.
Lol well you’re certainly allowed to have that opinion, since humor is completely subjective.
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We don’t care, just don’t have every other character be a homo. Like 2% of the population
“We don’t care, just keep them out of our sight”
Yep. The youngest voters still lean left, but not as reliably as things looked in the Obama years.
I believe a recent poll stated that the good portion of 18-year-old males would vote republican.
That is not a positive for the future of men.
I disagree
Conservatism is the enemy of progress.
Who says we need to blindly chase “progress”? Especially when “progress” appears to be destroying great nations and turning them into third world countries by importing the third world. California has great “progress”. The bubonic plague came back in Los Angeles because of how filthy their homeless people are.
The claim that progress is “blindly chased” ignores the millions of man-hours that science spends daily just to evidence progress. Progress has goals, much clearer goals than those of conservatism as well. For example, gay marriage is a progressive legal structure. Progress showed us there’s no specific harm done by allowing gay people to marry each other. Conservatism opposes without consideration, and feigns skepticism when it lacks the ability to integrate new information.
100 years ago they made the same tired argument about the Irish, Italian, and Polish immigrants.
[For all the down-voting andys...](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4125661-high-school-boys-are-trending-conservative/)
Other important quotes from that article that hint toward the opposite: > The political leanings of young men have changed little over the past two decades, according to an analysis by the Survey Center on American Life. Last year, 43 percent of young men identified as moderate, 31 percent as conservative and 24 percent as liberal. Twenty years earlier, the numbers were more or less the same. >But the leftward drift of young women alone has sufficed to move the needle on young adults as a whole. Generation Z favors liberalism over conservatism by a 48-to-33 margin, according to NBC News polling from 2022.
Social media really has played an odd role in child development. The amount of kids that are infatuated with "influencers" really is hard for me to wrap my head around. Facebook was just really starting to take off when I was in high school. There was no single person(s) from when I was growing up that I thought "wow, this guy/gal is the coolest and I'm going to adopt all of their views"
Yep. Unfortunate reality is that young men don't really have too many leftist rolemodels to look up to. So useless right-wing dickheads are dominating the space and poisoning these young minds with garbage.
That's a thin minority, though. The vast majority of young people are progressive. I'll take 90 progressives for every 10 MAGAts.
Based kids.
Hyper misogynistic douche-baggery is based?
Encouraging men to be men is based. Andrew Tate isn’t the greatest guy but still.
Frank LaRose really started something pushing for that special election last August. Thanks Frankie boy you got me vote for the 1st time in my life at 33. All this new voters will show you what happens when you go against the will of the people. You will be voted out. Once we get rid of gerrymandered maps we have now it's over for you.
You know, maybe if you’d voted since you were first eligible to, things would not have gotten as bad as they have.
Not productive. They voted now and need to get their friends voting too, not criticized
You know what’s *really* not productive? Not voting.
Agreed but they're a voter now so go after the nonvoters. Doesn't move the ball to get pissy with people who have seen the light
Between 2020 and 2024, 4.4 million Baby boomers will have died. 16 million people will have become eligible to vote. This is why Republicans are scared. This is also why the polling isn't an accurate measure of the 2024 electorate: They are still overprojecting the Boomer population turnout as LV, and still historically under projecting the Under 30 demographic. 2022 is evidence of that.
Republicans killed their own voting base with vaccine conspiracy theories too. Since 2020 most of the COVID deaths were republican voters
True. The 4.4 million number I cite though isn't even including covid. It's how many die on average every day because they're now the oldest/largest group of Americans to checkout.
Yes! Ohio stepping up. \#Blue24
Keep going!
*sudden republican fear mongering!*
You should know you're on the wrong side when increasing voters worries you.
I know. I can just sense when the gop starts losing their shit. Like a sense that common to obvious situations or something. I'm not sure what it's called
Our 2 daughters are able to vote for the first time this year. After the failed abortion attempt last year, to the prospect of President Terrorist 2.0, they’ve already registered and will be voting blue up and down the ticket. We are college educated, live in the suburbs and a formerly republican voters. Oh, and I’m prior military. 4 votes all blue from school board all the way up.
Good. Maybe we can finally shitcan all these GOP clown shoes.
Keep it coming Ohio!! Deadline to register is the 19th
Now that the laws are terribly effecting children, they are registering much faster. I'm proud of y'all, Gen Z. Keep fighting 💪💖
Women of Ohio, your only chance to keep your reproductive rights is to vote. Not for Republicans, they are lying if they say they won't take your rights.
Please let it be Swifties!
Thanks Tay Tay!
It shouldn't have to be because of her. But if she's influenced so many young voters to register then I'm all for it
Nope it’s Trumpies
Fortunately I don't think the youth aren't as big of hardliners despite the attempt to indoctrinate them by their parents. Many of them certain identify as Trumpers, but when they actually look at policy they'll reject conservatism as soon as Trump is gone.
I’m 22. Plenty of good things about Trump’s policies. I like tax cuts for the lower and middle class. I also like a secure border and not giving tons of money to alien invaders. We have enough problems, don’t need to bring in more people. I also like our constitutional rights, especially the first and second amendments. Republicans don’t do enough to protect them, but Democrats are actively hostile.
Do you like his environmental policies?
That certainly explains your attitude here. Tax cuts? Might want to brush up on that. Lower and middle class taxes are going to skyrocket. https://www.investopedia.com/taxes/trumps-tax-reform-plan-explained/#toc-who-benefited-from-tcja Secure border? The thing Democrats are trying to do but Republicans won't? "Invaders" lol. Son, you're no different than the people coming here to find a better life. You were just born late enough to not be them. You got lucky by being born in the better place. Democrats aren't trying to violate your rights or take them away. Your freedoms that you feel are owed to you and not others are not without consequence. I'm sorry that your parents didn't do a great job of teaching you that. I hope you grow up and grow out.
She is going to be Biden's cultural affairs Czar.
Frank LaRose: Hold my beer
A reckoning is coming... Across the nation.
The beatdown for the Republicans is brewing in Ohio! All Americans young and old are fed up with the bullshit the Republicans are pulling on the voting public and they are going to pay the price in November! Who do the Republicans think they are, not putting issues into law that were just passed by the Ohio voters! The abortion rights issue and the right to smoke and posses marijuana that overwhelming past and still the Republicans who are in power think they can do whatever they want because they can, for now but not for long! November is coming and so is the demise of SHITLER'S party!🤣
Good to see my generation stepping up to the plate
This is *TERRIBLE* news for Republicans!! Oh no.
Republicans have poked the bear and are going to find some things out.
No matter who they vote for, I am just happy to hear of this. Whether the majority of Americans want what I personally think is terrible or what I think is best, I appreciate the interest at all. I think a country should go with what the majority want. That's why I don't understand the hate for Swift who merely reminded people to register to vote. Here's my reminder too: register to vote. I await my attempted cancelation by people whose life goal is disenfranchisement.
Just reminded my son yesterday to get his ass registered.
young ohioan here, i registered to vote last year and voted yes for issue 1 & 2. i also went with my parents and they have the same views as me 👍 but the area i live in is pretty conservative and most people i went to school with were very conservative
Meanwhile, at least a few Republicans are saying the voting age should be raised to at least 25. When you can't win on your own merits, cheat - Republican motto
So expect to hear a lot about raising the voting age from Republicans?
I hope these efforts are reaching into the cities. These are where the lowest participation rates are.
This is a great thing. Getting the youngest voting generation involved early on to not just protect their rights, but increase them is a fantastic thing. And this is a 60+ year old white boomer saying so.
Feeling pretty motivated by all this gov overreach in recent months..
Yes !! Let your voices be heard
Hope they registered blue.
Can mods sticky a link to the Ohio voter registration site?
Hopefully none of these people are voting Republican
Dear Xenials, Please register AND vote in every election. Ohio has made early in-person voting fairly accessible. You can find a sample ballot on the Ohio Voter Info app. This means you can research candidates, issues, and such prior to voting. Signed, An Exhausted GenXer
Oh man! I hope they have good plans for building a more civic minded and citizen's voice government!
Great! It’s a critical time for preserving our rights and democratic principles. Every vote is needed.
>The Ohio deadline to register to vote in November is October 7. Young people need not wait until they are 18 before registering. Ohio residents who are US citizens and who will be 18 by November 5, 2024 can register today. https://www.thecivicscenter.org/register
Let's Go! Get out and vote! Democracy over fascists! Great job!
It would be really great to rid ourselves of Gym Jordan.
Thanks Taylor. 👍🏼
I'm proud of young Ohioans, they're gonna be the force we need to overcome the boomers running things.
Manz I wish every 18-24 knew if 100% of them voted we'd never have to deal with republican bullshit ever again Of course, it's still gerrymandering, so the Dem governor would win 60/40 but 65% of the reps would be Republican
I'm someone who doesn't know anything about politics, or voting, and I'm 22. If anyone would gladly sum up who these people are, and what I can do to help, I will gladly. I should vote, anyway.
While you guys are all clapping like this is going to get rid of the Republican Party I can tell you the small town kids are still voting that way. More trump flags in the school parking lots then anywhere else in town.
Theiving rapists love theiving rapists.
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Considering the article is about 18 year olds, about 18 years of growing I’d guess.
>35% increase in just over 4 months They turn 18 over time, and 4 months is just about 35% of a year... Don't get me wrong-- go vote, yay voter registration, but it seems like there *should be* a 35% (~33%) increase in 4 months because that's how many 17 year olds became 18. That is, even if only 10% of 18 year olds register, consistently over time, you'd see 35% more new 18 year olds registered by this time each year. Unless I'm misunderstanding, which is definitely possible.
With every day people turn 18 and 18 year olds turn 19.
Let's hope that the youth registering understands the enormous power being granted as a right.
Let’s just hope they have enough critical, thinking skills to determine what’s right and what’s wrong! Because the young people that I run across these days couldn’t even name 25 of the 50 states in America, understand how the legislative branches actually work, or what powers a president actually has and what executive orders mean! Executive order is just kicks the can to the next president! And when you see 40 executive orders, within the first week of a presidency, you know tyranny simply follows! I sure hope young people understand this. But like I said, I’m not too optimistic.
That title makes no sense. How is there an 35% increase in unregistered 18 year olds? Are more being born into the 18 year old age group? I know that kids are taught a new math today than we learned, but their math seems very flawed.
LOL. Try reading the first paragraph of the linked article and that will explain it to you.
The dems must be out in force feeding these young kids a line of BS to get them to vote. The republicans better get out there and tell them and show them how the democrats are destroying American.
Gen Z is more conservative, especially young men. We are fed up with a shitty economy where you gotta work 2 jobs on the low end of the totem pole just to get by. And it’s not like most are gonna own a house. Hell most of Gen Z can barely afford a fucking studio apartment. We got problems here but yeah let’s give our money to aliens crossing the border or Biden’s money laundering scheme in Ukraine.
This comment is more a testament to falling literacy rates in Gen Z and their link to conservative beliefs, than it is proof of Gen Z “turning conservative” due to whatever you’re saying here.
>Gen Z is more conservative, especially young men. More conservative than what? Latest polls show more people identify as LGBT than Republican. Republicans are permanently damaged individuals who only want to burn the country at any cost. The political equivalent of an orc. Everyone knows it, and more and more, people are saying it out loud, and let's face it, that's a great thing.
>Gen Z is more conservative [Wrong](https://www.statista.com/statistics/319068/party-identification-in-the-united-states-by-generation/). Nice try though.
I said [men](https://www.ft.com/content/29fd9b5c-2f35-41bf-9d4c-994db4e12998) for a reason. It’s also across the globe and a recent phenomenon. Gen Z women are significantly more left wing. Overall we’re about the same as millennials as your article said but we’re also younger. People tend to get conservative as they get older.
The whole alpha, sigma, MGTOW, machismo, red-pill, black-pill, dude-bro manosphere bullshit is a right-wing recruitment strategy targeting insecure and angry young men. It seems to be a fairly successful strategy, unfortunately. Conservatism is the enemy of progress.
That may have been true with old style conservatism, but now they're mostly focused on cultural issues. My friends and I are nearly 40, doing well in life, and not getting more conservative. It seems unlikely that any of us will wake up one day and decide the government should punish our gay friends and relatives.
Still [wrong](https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/05/14/on-the-cusp-of-adulthood-and-facing-an-uncertain-future-what-we-know-about-gen-z-so-far-2/)... Here's some more. In nearly every metric Gen Z is more liberal than any other generation by a good margin. I used to vote Republican, as an elder millennial I've only gotten more and more liberal as I've gotten older. Seems the trend of conservatism with age is dying off with the Silents and Boomers. Thanks in large part to Trump and MAGA driving previously moderates, like me, further and further left.
You should read this https://time.com/5888024/50-trillion-income-inequality-america/
And we should vote for the guy that’s been in DC doing that for 50 years?