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.

  • @Pacattack57
    29•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.

    • @bitchkatEnglish
      13•5 days ago

      Gerrymandering doesn’t affect statewide elections.

    • KillingTimeItselfEnglish
      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.

    • @[email protected]
      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.