While much post-election analysis has focused on Trump's gains among minority voters, the former and future president also made inroads with other demographics.
young voters between the ages of 18 and 29; shifted by 10 points Trump's approval rating rose from 36% in 2020 to 46% in 2024. The shift was even more pronounced among men, with 56% supporting Trump compared to 56% supporting Biden in 2020.
Even the famous Greek poet Hesiod, writing almost 3000 years ago, placed humanity in the Iron Age, the worst of all eras.
No doubt, many reasons contributed to this change. Just like voters of any other age, young voters raise The economy and employment are top priorities. But there may be more to this story.
teen beat
According to recent research According to the Pew Research Center, parents and teens believe that being a teenager today is harder than it was 20 years ago. The study, titled “Why Many Parents and Teens Think Being a Teen Today Is More Difficult,” surveyed 1,453 U.S. respondents and was published on Aug. 27. Announced.
69% of parents and multiple teens (44%) responded positively. Conversely, only 15% of parents and 12% of teens think today's teen years are easy.
Parents and teens who agreed with the initial statements were then asked to explain why. The responses revealed significant differences between generations. A plurality of parents (41%) blame social media for the increased difficulty, and 65% cite various forms of technology as a factor.
In contrast, teenagers are less critical of their digital environment, with only 25% citing online activity as a source of dissatisfaction.
When I was your age…
Rather, they tended to blame their parents' “pressure and expectations.” Naturally, most parents had no idea what children these days are complaining about in this regard.
This is because each generation tends to believe that they have arrived at the end of the party and will end up paying for what their predecessors enjoyed.
Even the famous Greek poet Hesiod, writing almost 3000 years ago, placed humanity in the Iron Age, the worst of all eras. Perhaps it is in our nature to forever look wistfully into the past.
Of course, how a person feels influences how he or she acts. The fact that both teenagers and their parents recognize that, for whatever reason, teenage life is becoming more difficult than ever may be a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy. there is.
One alarming sign of this is the rising suicide rate. A recent Centers for Disease Control study found that suicide among adolescents and young adults 62% increase From 2007 to 2021.
suicide epidemic
What should we think about this? Naturally, experts have also adopted similar opinions. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there was a great sense of hopelessness. particularly widespread During the coronavirus pandemic.
you don't say It is inconceivable that needlessly disrupting the education and social lives of millions of teenagers while vastly exaggerating the lethality of a virus would lead to a sense of doom.
Next comes psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk. His books are bestsellers.the body keeps track of the score” greatly encouraged the exploration of “trauma” from experiences that were once seen as character-building, or at least as part of life's inevitable ups and downs.
“Children today don't have a lot of vision that they can make a big difference,'' says a man in his 80s. told CNBC. “Climate change is a big problem and kids know it. We're blowing up the world and little is being done.”
Great point. If the Earth is doomed as they say, why not get out while the going is good?
killing by privilege
We must never forget that America is an incorrigible hellhole of racism. If you're white, you have blood on your hands. If you are black, prepare to be executed by a group of white supremacists.
Even after doing all this, you still need to determine whether you were assigned the correct gender at birth.
Faced with such a bleak picture of reality, we can either succumb to apathy and despair, or wonder if the picture is accurate at all.
Is it any wonder that first-time voters prefer the latter option? Otherwise, why bother voting?
In 2024, Trump was the only one to make a convincing case for hope. Beneath Kamala Harris' nervous chant of “Joy,” all she could offer was the same old decline. That vision of America is not a country for young men or women.
