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Wicked Blue

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Thu Feb 13, 2025, 12:33 PM Feb 2025

Donald Trump's Gen Z Popularity Plunges [View all]

Newsweek

President Donald Trump's favorable rating among Generation Z voters has dramatically fallen since the 2024 election, according to a poll.

A survey from The Economist/YouGov released Wednesday revealed the president's net favorability rating among those aged 18-29 is minus 18 points. This is a drop from the plus 19 favorable rating he scored among this demographic in the days following November's race.

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The latest Economist/YouGov poll showed that a majority of U.S. adults have an unfavorable view of Trump (52 percent), while 46 percent hold a positive view of him, giving the president a net favorable score of minus 6.

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When broken down further to 315 respondents aged 18-29, the poll finds that Trump has a 39 percent favorable rating, compared to 57 percent who said they have an unfavorable view of the Republican president.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-gen-z-popularity-favorable-rating-yougov-2030595

The Gen Z members in the poll said they were turned off by mass deportations, targeting of DEI programs, and comments that the US would move Palestinians out of Gaza and take it over.

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