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Eugene

(67,105 posts)
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 06:55 PM Jan 30

Regretful Young Trump Voters Say This Isn't What They Signed Up For

Regretful Young Trump Voters Say This Isn’t What They Signed Up For (The Daily Beast)

Young Trump voters have buyer’s remorse, saying he hasn’t focused on the promises that got him to the White House, a new report has claimed.

Several people under 30 who voted for the Republican candidate in 2024 have stated on the record that they’re frustrated by what appears to be a prioritization of foreign policy over “America First” governance.

It comes after a Jan. 16 poll from The Wall Street Journal revealed that 18-29-year-old voters had already dramatically cooled on Trump compared with less than a year before.

Only 32.6 percent approved of him in January, compared to 44.4 percent in March last year. He secured 47 percent of the under-30 vote during the 2024 election—a coup for a Republican—but now those gains have been frittered away.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/regretful-young-trump-voters-isn-151244423.html
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RockRaven

(19,398 posts)
2. This is exactly what you signed up for. Stop lying.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 07:03 PM
Jan 30

Stop lying to others, and stop lying to yourself.

Have the integrity to ask yourself WHY and HOW you signed up for this. Have the integrity to do something about the answers you find.

Brenda

(2,060 posts)
8. Yep.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 07:28 PM
Jan 30

They liked him for his entertainment factor. You know, shake things up in the stodgy government.

It's not unlike they were voting for a Prom King. Except they've been marinating in a toxic online stew for years where government has been described as evil and business tycoons (convicted felons included) are the heroes.

Hopefully they're woke now and will vote differently in the future.




alwaysinasnit

(5,624 posts)
3. The kindest thing I can say about these young voters is that their ability to judge
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 07:06 PM
Jan 30

character is just awful.

Skittles

(171,724 posts)
6. disappointing
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 07:14 PM
Jan 30

I would have thought young people would be more savvy than to fall for this obvious con man.

sop

(18,653 posts)
7. What did they did think would happen when they voted for Trump? He's doing everything he said he would do.
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 07:19 PM
Jan 30

KPN

(17,379 posts)
9. Yes it is. This is exactly what you signed up for ...
Fri Jan 30, 2026, 07:28 PM
Jan 30

one big fucking reality tv show and you’re a participant like it or not.

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