• HeyJoe@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Idk how much of that is true sadly. I live in a state that is, thankfully, Democrat but 9 years ago moved to an area that is more rural. I know the majority here is voting R but over time I also realized something that shocked me more which was that a lot of the teenagers here seem to reflect the same values as there parents. I’ve overheard conversations with them talking about Trump, watching Tucker Carlson, and just generally siding with them. I believe this is probably the case for a lot of the same age group in Midwest states as well. Just watch videos from the youtube channel “channel 5 news” to see festivals and other events where the general consensus of younger people is to scream hate about our current president. Even my boss at work who I always knew was R was talking about his daughter buying a Trump flag who is just in high school. They also live in a rural area as well. The only positive thing that he said, that shocked me, was that he actually does hate Trump and will not vote for him due to everything going on. And here I thought it didn’t matter what he did, thankfully some people can think reasonably and see the absolute horror he is.

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      1 year ago

      Exposure they don’t know anything other than the indoctrination they were given, as they meet more people and move out of corn town they will realize how they were lied to and flip.

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      1 year ago

      Oh yeah, I’m 29 and got made fun of in high school for voting for Obama. The left has a large lead on a lot in younger voters, but it isn’t even close to unanimous