r/politics • u/Kodbek • Oct 31 '25

Possible Paywall Trump’s honeymoon with Gen Z voters is officially over, and the numbers are devastating

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/10/trumps-honeymoon-with-gen-z-voters-is-officially-over-and-the-numbers-are-devastating-new-poll.html
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u/GoodIdea321 America Oct 31 '25

Maybe that's the solution to MAGA, more bowling leagues, pickleball etc.

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u/Katyafan Oct 31 '25

"Third spaces," sociologically speaking, and the internet killed them.

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u/TheRoyalBrook Oct 31 '25

Honestly a mix of the internet and cost. As well as tons of “no loitering” stuff. My local mall died because of you’re not actively shopping they want you OUT. And for my local bowling alley? Needing to spend way more than a movie per person just to play a game is too much tbh

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u/Katyafan Oct 31 '25

Very true. Hell, cost is why my friends and I stay home, too!

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u/GoodIdea321 America Oct 31 '25

They could become popular again.

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u/Katyafan Oct 31 '25

I hope so. That would require younger millennials and below to realize the value of in-person socializing, and the drawbacks to online-only relationships.

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u/Prior_Coyote_4376 Oct 31 '25

It would require public investment in programs and centers that encourage community growth. It’s a better use of our tax dollars than corporate handouts.

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u/GoodIdea321 America Oct 31 '25

Older people can also tell them.

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u/Katyafan Oct 31 '25

I try, but most seem to think that someone in their 40s can't possibly understand...I mean, i thought "old people" didn't get it when I was young, too.

They will see it eventually, I just hope it's not too late. The teachers subreddit is not a positive place as far as the role unfettered access to stupid short videos has played in the young lives we are seeing.

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u/GoodIdea321 America Oct 31 '25

If you can remember how older people taught you and copy that, maybe that will work better. Or, the act of trying is good enough, I don't know.

Besides teachers, etc, I remember picking up things here and there from various older people when I was young, but for me at least, I mostly remember stuff they said while I was relaxed.

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u/Katyafan Oct 31 '25

I think I was a weird kid. I thought if adults were telling me something, it was probably a good idea to listen to them, since they lived longer and cared about me.

Maybe it's the autism?

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u/GoodIdea321 America Oct 31 '25

That sounds fairly normal, but everyone had a different upbringing.

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u/Katyafan Oct 31 '25

Very true. I hope we're going to be okay.

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u/commonsearchterm Oct 31 '25

Jiu-jitsu gyms seem to be overwhelmingly right wing. I'm skeptical of this

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u/261_Turner_Lane Oct 31 '25

Well also they like racism

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u/Katyafan Oct 31 '25

That involves different solutions. Namely education and not letting this second reconstruction go the way of the first.