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[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 100 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Who cares now? It's only 2.5 months in, and so much PERMANENT damage has already been done. Nobody will ever trust the US again. The only time his approval ratings will matter is if he tries to declare himself President or push through allowing him to run for a 3rd term.

His ratings could be 0% with every demographic, and the Republicans MIGHT vote to impeach him.... maybe. And maybe his ratings might matter a little in TWO YEARS during mid-term elections. But that is two more years of him looting and pillaging and destroying the country.

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[–] brezel@piefed.social 70 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I find it baffling that there is still a double digit percentage of people who think the orange retard is a good president after these 2 months of nonstop disasters.

[–] CallateCoyote@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Will never get lower than 33% even if he starts shooting kittens on live tv.

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I heard those kittens were eating people's pets.

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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Republican Utah Senator John Curtis said on Meet the Press on Sunday: "We're not being honest when we look people in the eye and say we're not going to touch [Social Security]. If we don't touch it, it touches itself. You know that, right?

Social Security would've been fine if they didn't keep raiding it for spending money :(

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

Any time money was borrowed from the SSA fund, it was replaced with Treasury bonds.

Social security is running out of money because the median wage have been pretty stagnant for decades, Anne more and more money is being shifted to people who already cap out their contribution for the year, so less is going in.

Raise wages across the board, significantly, and Social Security fixes itself

[–] griff@lemmings.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] rigatti@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Scrap the cap! Scrap the cap!

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Holy shit, I get that polls don't always tell a complete picture, but this dude lost 10 points of approval ratings with boomers in a single week.

[–] ModestMeme@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

We’re “Boomers” the main problem in this election? Were they the Trumpers…?

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Voters 50-plus put their weight behind Republican Trump over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris. These voters favored Trump over Harris, 52 to 47 percent, according to AP VoteCast.

They were also a majority of the electorate, though that number differs slightly depending on the source. AP VoteCast, which starts surveying voters a week before Election Day in order to capture early voters, reports that voters 50-plus constituted 52 percent of the electorate. Traditional exit polls, which survey people as they leave the polls on election day, put that number at 55 percent.

Middle-aged voters were especially influential in tilting the election to Trump. A commanding 56 percent of voters ages 50-64 cast ballots for Trump, with 43 percent voting for Harris, exit polls show. The candidates were tied at 49 percent among voters 65 and older. The two age groups together comprise well over half of the national electorate, meaning they provided the critical difference for the returning president-elect.

Trump improved his performance among voters among those 50 to 64 by 4 percentage points from his previous presidential run in 2020, exit polling shows.

“The older voters showed up,” says Republican pollster Bob Ward, a partner with Fabrizio Ward who teamed up with a Democratic counterpart to conduct AARP’s bipartisan preelection surveys this year. “It was big, and we didn’t see any surge of younger voters coming out in full force…. It’s the reason why Trump is now the president-elect.”

https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/government-elections/info-2024/election-analysis-older-voters.html

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250325195754/https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/government-elections/info-2024/election-analysis-older-voters.html

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[–] liverbe@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

White male boomers leaned right, but most categories were 50/50 split: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/exit-polls

With the exception of the Christians.

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[–] metaldream@sopuli.xyz -3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Last time I checked they actually voted for Harris. It was Gen Z and Gen X that voted for Trump

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 0 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

yea it was, i believe it was mostly due to X and joe rogans, j peterson incel types too. i think what change for boomers is they realize republicans were not helping boomers out in thier older years, threatening thier SS, medicaid,,etc, and general attitude towards older people. i remember a article like 1-2 years ago, in an article a life long republican in trump area said they voted for biden because the Republicans were not nice to 55+people.

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

18-29 was 51/47 Harris. 30-44 was 50/47 Harris. 45-64 was 46/52 Trump. 65+ was 47/51 Trump.

So Gen X did vote Trump, but so did Boomers. Gen Y and Gen Z voted Harris.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Not sure where you're checking, but it seems like you're misinformed

Young people were more likely to vote for Harris compared with all other age groups, according to CIRCLE.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2024/11/08/2024-election-young-voters-data/76115224007/

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250325195221/https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2024/11/08/2024-election-young-voters-data/76115224007/

[–] metaldream@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

Thanks for providing correct numbers, is been a long time since I looked.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Gen X

Hey, someone mentioned us!

that voted for Trump

I guess it's true that people generally grow conservative as they get older, but come on guys, we were better than this. Plus both Gen-X and Boomers knew about Trump and his shit long before he became political. Did all the ones voting for him as some better choice get dementia or something? I never forgot how the first times he tries running for office even as a Democrat it was more of a joke than anything else. Still is, but Jesus, people bought it hook, line, sinker, pole, boat...

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

some other instances is how some became more conservative, is in the west coast i was in a college class where someone became more conservative when they moved here. i suspect alot of transplants are conservative flee to more "blue areas" because alt-right was too crazy for them, and of course job and education opportunities are lacking, so they bring thier conservatism here too. its purely selfishness.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 1 points 6 days ago

Go look up how lead poisoned our generation is. No one should rely on Gen X for shit. We failed the country this past election for sure.

[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

Gen Z still voted Harris. I think the news was just that the youngest generation typically breaks for Democrats far more than they did this time and a higher percentage voted Republican than they normally do.

[–] andrewta@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

LOL so already low approval ratings plunge further

[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Republican Utah Senator John Curtis said on Meet the Press on Sunday: "... If we don't touch it, it touches itself."

[–] d00phy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Texas about to outlaw social security as porn!

[–] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago

Yessss Republicans keep grabbing that 3rd rail. Clutch it tighter!

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago

“Number of baby boomers plunging”

These people are a rapidly diminishing factor

[–] griff@lemmings.world 3 points 1 week ago

Take the Plunge!!!

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So? Who cares. How does this matter in any way at this point?

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