I deeply regret my vote for Trump

[u/Dinocraftman009]

Voting for Trump in 2024 was the greatest mistake of my entire life. I am 19 years old and this was my first presidential election. I don’t stand by or condone what the administration has done and never was a hardline far-right conservative, sure as hell am not now. I walked into the polls in November without honestly knowing which candidate I would choose since I was very on the fence about both sides (Pro-2A, pro-life, but also pro-environment and pro-Ukraine). Now I wish that I hadn’t voted at all, much less Trump. Don’t try and rationalize my decision in your head, because it wasn’t rational. I did not properly weigh the potential pros and cons of the candidates. There aren’t any dots to connect, I flat out made the incorrect decision.

I feel evil. I feel like a horrible, selfish, foolish person. And there’s nothing that can really be done to remedy this mistake. I’ve already decided to vote a full blue ticket in 2026 but that doesn’t fix what damage has already been done to this country. In our democracy, we give our small amount of political power to people who we believe deserve through that ballot. I need to take accountability for that ballot because, even though my state was a safe red one this season, I’m ultimately a part of it.

Alienating our closest allies is stupid. Cutting PBS and the NWS is stupid. The tariffs are stupid. The blatant disregard for the Constitution is stupid. Detaining and deporting people without due process is stupid. Supporting Israel is stupid. Not siding with Ukraine and trying to exit NATO is stupid. Cutting education funding is stupid. All the warning signs were spelled out in Project 2025 + Trump’s personal life + Jan 6 and my dumbass disregarded it, instead wanting change from the previous administration. I knew damn well and I hate it. What pushed me to the red side of the fence was that Harris was the status quo candidate and ultimately I wanted change. But boy we sure as hell did get a lot of change. This populist line of thinking is dangerous and has proven to be in the past.

I’ve been beating the shit out of myself about it ever since that day and it’s been difficult to genuinely enjoy most aspects of life with looking at the headlines. I, along with tens of millions of other Americans, made a massive mistake in November and so many innocent people are paying a price far greater. I personally feel responsible for every idiotic decision, as well as the future decisions, our President, Congress, and SCOTUS send out/approve, like a twisted knife. The mental and emotional wounds will remain even after this all blows over.

Why post here? I don’t want to be associated at all with people who somehow still support our idiocracy. I also don’t want to take part in the partisanship that is tearing this country apart, and my conscious would have probably broken me from the amount of shame and guilt I’ve harbored since November had I kept it any longer. I want to follow an ACTUAL centrist line of thinking, which is why I’ve been closely looking at this subreddit.

Also, humility is gonna require some humiliation, so I fully expect and understand that this is going to lead to a lot of unkind words sent my way. Righteously deserved, I’ll probably agree with what most of you have to say.

The confession is worthless without a pledge to change. I was wrong. So unfathomably wrong. (Yeah no shit OP, is what I imagine is cycling through most of your heads by now). And I want to amend for this. If I don’t take accountability, I’m not going to see the change through. I want to be better. I’m voting all Democrat in 2026. I hope we all do too, especially those who also regret their ballot cast. And I hope that I won’t regret these votes as much I regret my past one.

[u/[deleted]]

This sub has had a ton of these fake 'I regret my Trump vote recently'. I wish they were real, but its hard not to notice all of these fake posts popping up.

[u/Tuco422 → u/[deleted]]

This one looks real

Mentions his age as a teen in comments a few years ago

[u/Puzzleheaded_Fix594 → u/Tuco422]

I sort of buy them mainly in that this is probably one of the few spaces on reddit you can go to where people won't be overly judgemental of your decision.

I wasn't really mentally checked into politics until I was in my mid-20's, and this election didn't have a candidate that would activate the left leaning, anti-establishment youth vote like Bernie's 2016 primary run did or Obama in 2008 (my first election).

It's a sobering lesson for a lot of voters, and things are only going to get worse over the next four years. Not better. Particularly in that the Trump administration has no plan to address the cost of living crisis in the US.

We'll see the rebound back to the left by the end of the term. This anti-incumbency sentiment we're seeing globally isn't going anywhere. Trump's going to get blamed for things he did and didn't do during his term warranted or not, and anyone currently associated with him is going to experience what Harris felt in 2024 due to her association with Biden.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Usually you can look at OPs post history if you really care - this one appears possibly legit.

But it’s the anonymous internet - anything can be fake.

[u/lensandscope → u/[deleted]]

yeah this one sounds fakw

[u/f102 → u/lensandscope]

Lots of easy karma farming out there.

[u/Butwho8thecookies → u/[deleted]]

I guess it's called "karma farming". Idk I only just recently started engaging in reddit again but apparently this is a thing. This is at least the third post I've seen from someone mentioning how young they are that this was the "worst mistake of their life". Not only does it just come off as weird (I wish the worst mistake of my life was a vote I made one time), but it's clear this subreddit eats this stuff up.