WE’RE THE KIDS IN AMERICA
The kids are fed up, and they’ve had it up to here!
The Civics Center is targeting the youth vote where they are easiest to reach: AT SCHOOL
Recent polls show that Gen Z voters (age 18-29) are souring on the Trump Administration.
Once seen as a wild card with surprising appeal among disillusioned young voters, President Donald Trump is now facing a sharp decline in support from Generation Z, according to new polling.
Newsweek analyzed the latest results from major pollsters since early March that included age-specific approval ratings and found that Trump’s standing among the youngest voters is currently at 37 percent approving, while 58 percent disapprove of his job performance.
This signals that Trump’s support among Generation Z voters has tailed off since the 2024 election, when 47 percent of voters aged 18-29 cast a ballot for him, up from 36 percent in 2020.
Trump is particularly losing support among young Gen Z men, who were some of the least engaged and lowest information voters – perhaps the very epitome of the “vibes” voter.
According to the Newsweek article:
He was physically ‘tough’ as evidenced by his response to the Butler, PA, assassination attempt, he’s not ‘politically correct’ and speaks his mind, he’s a businessman who supposedly knows how to manage the economy, and so forth. This is all part of the Trumpian narrative,” Katz said.
But polls now show that Trump’s image as the “men’s” candidate may be beginning to unravel.
According to data provided by YouGov Blue, net approval for Trump declined by 29 points among young male registered voters between January and March, a significantly bigger shift than any other demographic.
We Have An Opportunity Here!
The Civic Center is smack in the middle of their on-campus High School voter education, registration and motivation drive – “Cap, Gown & Ballot” on several metropolitan area campuses in mostly swing states. We’re helping them register and inspire students in nine urban Pittsburgh High Schools this month in advance of the Fall Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention race and next year’s midterms.
I can think of no more cost-effective way to register and engage our voters than reaching them at school. No canvassing, no door-knocking, no texts, no postcards – just direct access to potential voters.
This is consistent with National Ground Game on college campuses, where we will support counter-programming right wing campus rallies with our own “influencers” this is possibly our best bang for the voter registration buck.
That collapse in support for Trump among Gen Z males?
Flashback to the original post about the PA Supreme Court effort
The first post for The Civics Center effort went up a couple of weeks ago, and we’ve all slept since then, so here is the original post in case you want to go back to it.
Exciting New Effort, With An Eye Toward the PA Supreme Court Retention Election In November
Remember, the Civics Center has a double match for us
- so every donation on BJ is a 4x match.
- if there’s a Balloon Juice Angel, it becomes a 6x match.
Out-raise them. Out-organize them. Out-strategize them.
THEN we can OUT-VOTE them.
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