Economic concerns and growing disenchantment with both parties is draining support for Trump among Gen Z young men, a key bloc of support during the 2024 election

Economic concerns and growing disenchantment with both parties is draining support for Trump among Gen Z young men, a key bloc of support during the 2024 election

Male Gen Z voters are breaking with Donald Trump and the Republican party at large, recent polls show, less than a year after this same cohort defied convention and made a surprise shift right, helping Trump win the 2024 election.

Taken with wider polling suggesting Democrats will lead in the midterms, the findings on young men spell serious trouble for the Republican Party in 2026.

Younger Gen Z men, those born between 2002 and 2007, may be even more anti-Trump, according to October research from YouGov and the Young Men’s Research Project, a potential sign that their time living through the social upheavals of the Covid pandemic and not being political aware during the first Trump administration may be shaping their experience.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    9 hours ago

    What does she actually know about?

    Doesn’t matter what it is, literally any topic that she knows about, even if it’s the Kardashians.

    One day ask her a question about it, then ask whatever chatbot she trusts, if they’re not the same, tell her she’s wrong and if she doesn’t believe you to ask her AI.

    A big reason people think AI is smart, is they never ask it about something they know.

    That sounds basic, but it means they never notice when any of their questions get a wrong answer.

    Getting them to ask it about topics they know about, means they get to see how it can fail, and how a small initial error it makes can be extrapolated to the point everything else is bullshit.

    Once they learn it’s not always right, they’re less likely to blindly trust it. That leads to them double checking some things, seeing it’s bullshitting more, and then double checking it more.

    You need to replace the AI feedback loop with the rage loop. It ain’t hard to get a conservative there, get them to the point they’re asking chatbots questions they already know the answer too, just to see it get it wrong.

    Ethics aside, if we don’t manipulate the idiots, someone else is going to do it.

    • stringere@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      6 hours ago

      Best one I’ve found recently was the top article on DDG search for “peacock mantis shrimp cleanup crew”.

      The Peacock Mantis Shrimp is a valued clean‑up‑crew addition sold in‑store here in Columbus, Ohio. It acts as a scavenger and algae picker, keeps substrate clean, helping reduce maintenance and improve water quality. Stock 1–2 per 5 gal in a balanced reef or fish‑only system for best results. Difficulty: Easy. Offer varied empty shells. Drip‑acclimate and maintain stable salinity for long‑term health.

      There are so many problems with this but I’ll start with the one that made me search for a cleanup crew for a mantis shrimp:

      • they are aggressive and deadly to just about anything other than some damselfish
      • minimun tank size is 20 gallons, putting one in a 5 gallon would be terrible for everyone and stoclong 1-2 per 5 gallons would be a bloodbath
      • they are not scavengers or detrivores and do not eat algae
      • they do not clean the substrate other than to kick it all over the place when making a burrow