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Newsweek
06-06-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Gen Z Voters Are Ditching GOP for Midterms—Poll
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Gen Z voters appear to be shifting away from the Republican Party ahead of the 2024 midterm elections, according to a new poll. Why It Matters Once seen as a demographic firmly aligned with Democrats, a shift to the right among Gen Z voters helped propel President Donald Trump to victory in the 2024 election. A recent poll found young Americans were supporting the Republican Party in greater numbers. How younger Americans vote in upcoming elections could have a significant impact on the outcome of future elections. What To Know The latest Quantus Insights poll, conducted between June 1 and 4, found voters were split when asked which party's candidate they would vote for if the midterm elections were held today. Forty-six percent said they would for the Democratic candidate, while 45 percent said they would choose the Republican. Voters were similarly divided in a May survey, in which 45.2 percent said they would choose the Democratic candidate, and 44.8 percent said they would vote Republican. However, the latest survey found that fewer younger voters are planning to vote for a Republican candidate. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Macomb Community College on April 29, 2025 at Warren, Michigan. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Macomb Community College on April 29, 2025 at Warren, June survey found 35 percent of voters aged 18 to 29 said they would vote for the Republican candidate, down from the 39 percent who said the same in a survey conducted in May. The latest survey polled 1,000 registered voters and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percent. The earlier survey polled the same number of registered voters between May 5 and 7, and also had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percent. The June survey found support for Democrats was up slightly among Gen Z voters. Fifty percent of voters aged 18 to 29 had said they would vote for the Democratic candidate in the midterm elections in May, and that went up to 52 percent in June. In the May survey, 11 percent of voters in that demographic were undecided, while 13 percent said they were unsure which party's candidate they would vote for in the June poll. The latest survey also found that younger voters are more likely to disapprove of Trump than other demographics. The June survey saw Trump with a -13 approval rating among voters aged 18 to 29, with just 40 percent approving of the job he is doing, and 53 percent disapproving. His approval rating among the demographic in May was -12. His approval rating was highest among voters aged 65 and over, with 49 percent approving of the job he is doing and 49 percent disapproving, according to the June survey. That was up from May, when just 46 percent of older voters approved of the job he is doing and 51 percent said they disapproved. What People Are Saying Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek that the shifts are "statistically too small to imply meaningful change in views among Gen Z voters, but they do suggest these voters are increasingly displeased with the GOP and willing to shift toward the Democratic Party." "Young voters' political allegiances are especially malleable, but they are also more likely than older voters to disengage politically. So both parties would be wise to be attentive to these developments. It seems some young voters are unhappy with GOP policies and priorities, but Democrats need to give these voters reasons to embrace the party. Otherwise, they may simply withdraw." Thomas Gift, an associate professor of political science and director of the Centre on U.S. Politics at University College London, told Newsweek: "The party out of power almost always tends to overperform in midterm elections. So Gen Z moving away from the GOP aligns with this pattern." Gift added: "Young voters are likely turning on Trump for the same reason some older generations are: tariffs that are raising, not lowering prices; a failure to help bring an end to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza; and broader domestic and foreign policies that have been wracked by turbulence and unpredictability." What Happens Next Americans will vote in the midterm elections in November 2026, and polling is likely to fluctuate in the months to come.
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
From ‘Like a Girl' to ‘I'm Just a Girl': The dangerous conservative shift among young women
A young attendee wearing a 'MAGA' hat waits in line ahead of a Town Hall event Donald Trump at Macomb Community College on Sept. 27, 2024, in Warren, Michigan. Photo by Emily Elconin | Getty Images As a young girl growing up in the 2010s, my peers and I were brought up watching ad campaigns like the one from Always in 2014 called '#likeagirl'. It portrayed young girls and women pushing back against the narrative of women being weak and the advertisements showed examples of women's strength, education, and bravery. At just 10 years old, they made me feel like I could do or be anything. But fast forward a decade later, and I walk in my local mall to see trendy adult shirts with the saying 'I'm just a girl.' Peers around me in class refuse to do certain things, proclaiming, 'I am just a girl.' I can't help but wonder: Why are the women I grew up with, the same women (and men) who came of age surrounded by themes of women's empowerment, suddenly letting their womanhood be a topic to laugh at? SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX Studies have shown women already are less likely to hold public office — not because they lose more, but because they doubt they're 'good enough,' a belief shaped by growing up in a patriarchal system. The 'Like a Girl' campaign represents that patriarchal system, the difference between how young girls and older women understood what the operative phrase meant. While young girls found it empowering, adult women recognized that it had been used to demean them their whole lives. Despite growing up in an era of girl-power campaigns and feminist rhetoric, young women today are becoming disengaged because progressive political outreach has failed to meet them where they are. Meanwhile, conservative politicians have coaxed them into a social conservative shift, taking advantage of younger generations who do not remember a time where we did not have a woman running for the presidency, the rights granted to all of us by Roe v. Wade or the #MeToo movement. This isn't just a feeling, but a fact. According to Tufts University's CIRCLE research center, young women turned out for Democrats 65% in 2020 with Joe Biden on the ticket, but only 58% for 2024 with Kamala Harris on their ballot. Weeks before the election, Turning Point Action hosted a Bring Your Own Ballot party with Donald Trump Jr. at Varsity Tavern on Mill Avenue in Tempe. Walking across the Arizona State University campus on Election Day expecting to see maroon and gold, I only saw a sea of red MAGA hats worn by students excited to vote, many for the first time. Arizona's upcoming 2026 election will place our statewide candidates up for re-election, the first line of defense we have between Arizonans and Donald Trump's policies. His administration, while having promised no federal abortion ban, has been getting an increasingly more amount of criticism on the issue. We can and must fight back. The grassroots organization Keep Arizona Blue is doing just that, texting hundreds of thousands of young voters, calling tens of thousands more, and hiring 16fellows across the state to make real peer-to-peer connections. Created and led by students, this type of organizing allows for a pulse on young people and effective outreach to them. Yelling out 'I am just a girl' and laughing with friends may seem funny at the moment, but it bolsters the mindset driving far-right policies like the SAVE Act, infringement on reproductive rights and elimination of the Gender Policy Council. Ultimately, those things may just be what turns that laughter about being a girl into action that protects girls and women. Candidates must do better at reaching out and listening to young people to better implement tangible policies they will feel the effects of in their day-to-day lives. If not, we will continue to see conservative extremists rise to power through an election decided by the size of a classroom. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
CNBC
07-05-2025
- Business
- CNBC
CNBC Daily Open: Trump says the U.S. doesn't need a trade deal — the UK and India have made one without it
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Macomb Community College on April 29, 2025, at Warren, Michigan, U.S. After U.S. President Donald Trump shattered — or at least fractured — global trade relationships and supply chains, there are promising signs of reconstruction in recent days. Indeed, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC on Monday the country is "very close to some deals." On Tuesday, newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met Trump at the White House, potentially resetting a bilateral relationship that has been strained since January. And Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng is scheduled to meet Bessent in Switzerland this week for trade talks. But enter the hurricane that is Trump, again. "We don't have to sign deals, they have to sign deals with us. They want a piece of our market. We don't want a piece of their market," Trump said during his meeting with Carney, contradicting top White House officials' claim for weeks that such deals are the administration's top priority. Markets fell after his comments. The growing protectionism of the U.S., ironically may help other countries forge closer economic ties with each other. The U.K. and India agreed on a bilateral trade agreement that will remove tariffs on most items within a decade. Meanwhile, ASEAN and China are set to meet on May 19 to negotiate improvements to a free-trade agreement, according to Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday. They may be new bridges being built in the aftermath of Trump tariffs. But those connections could bypass the U.S. — which, according to Trump, does not need deals anyway. Officials from U.S. and China to meet U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and trade representative Jamieson Greer will meet with their Chinese counterparts in Switzerland this week to discuss economic and trade matters, their offices announced Tuesday. Later in the day, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that Vice Premier He Lifeng, Beijing's top official for China-U.S. economic and trade matters, will meet with Bessent in Switzerland, NBC News reported. The UK and India reach a trade agreement The United Kingdom and India struck a bilateral trade agreement Tuesday, under which a majority of goods traded between India and the U.K. will become "fully tariff-free within a decade," according to the British government. India will begin slashing tariffs on key U.K. exports such as whisky and automotives, while the U.K. will remove all tariffs on 99.1% of imports once the agreement comes into force, the Indian government said. Markets fall on Trump's trade comments U.S. stocks fell Tuesday after Trump gave belligerent comments on trade deals. The S&P 500 declined 0.77%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.95% and the Nasdaq Composite retreated 0.87%. Europe's regional Stoxx 600 index dropped 0.18%, ending its 10-day winning streak. Shares of Deliveroo rose 1.9% after the British food delivery company said it had agreed to a takeover offer from American rival DoorDash that values the company at £2.9 billion ($3.9 billion). AMD beats earnings estimates, warns of chip controls Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday reported earnings for its first fiscal quarter that topped expectations and gave strong guidance for the current quarter. The forecast includes $800 billion in costs because of U.S. export limits on artificial intelligence chips. On a related note, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Tuesday that China's artificial intelligence market will likely reach about $50 billion in the next two to three years, and that missing out on it would be a "tremendous loss." India says it carried out strikes on Pakistan India early Wednesday said its armed forces had conducted strikes against Pakistan and what it calls Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, targeting "terrorist infrastructure." The operation follows a militant attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, in which 26 people were killed last month and targeted nine sites, the statement said. [PRO] U.S. "not a good place to hide": JPMorgan U.S. exceptionalism — in which the American economy and financial market have outperformed those of other countries since the pandemic — might be a thing of the past. This time, the U.S. "is not a good place to hide" if global economic growth slows down, wrote JPMorgan strategist Mislav Matejka in a note on Tuesday. An empty container ship of COSCO Shipping sails to a container terminal in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province Wednesday, April 16, 2025. Trump trade tariffs slump widens to 'nearly all U.S. exports,' supply chain data shows What began as a rapid drop in U.S. imports as shippers cut orders from manufacturing partners around the world has now extended into a nationwide export slump, with the U.S. agricultural sector and top farm products including soybeans, corn and beef taking the hardest hit. The latest trade data shows that a slide in U.S. exports to the world, and China in particular, that began in January now extends to most U.S. ports. The Port of Portland, Oregon, tops the list with a 51% decrease in exports, while the Port of Tacoma, Washington, a large agricultural export port, has seen a 28% decrease. The data is from trade tracker Vizion, which analyzed U.S. export container bookings for the five-week period before U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs began and the five weeks after the tariffs took effect.
Newsweek
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Trump Saying US Did Far More Than Allies To Win WWII Sparks Backlash
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. President Donald Trump has drawn criticism after claiming on Truth Social that the United States did "far more" than its allies to secure victory in World War II. "Many of our allies and friends are celebrating May 8th as Victory Day, but we did more than any other Country, by far, in producing a victorious result on World War II," Trump wrote in a Friday morning post, as reported by Newsweek. Newsweek contacted the British, French and Russian defense ministries for comment via email on Friday. "I am hereby renaming May 8th as Victory Day for World War II and November 11th as Victory Day for World War I," Trump posted. "We won both Wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance... We are going to start celebrating our victories again!" President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Macomb Community College on April 29, 2025, in Warren, Michigan, to highlight accomplishments during his first 100 days in office. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Macomb Community College on April 29, 2025, in Warren, Michigan, to highlight accomplishments during his first 100 days in It Matters The remarks quickly drew criticism from many who called the comments dismissive of the sacrifices made by other Allied nations as the United Kingdom, Soviet Union (now Russia), Canada, France and others suffered immense losses and played critical roles across multiple fronts. What To Know While historians agree the U.S. was decisive, particularly through industrial support, D-Day and the Pacific campaign, many emphasize that WWII was won through coordination, shared sacrifice and a multinational alliance. Britain's air defense in the Battle of Britain (1940) and the resistance movements in occupied Europe, played key roles before American forces landed in Europe in 1943. The U.S. joined the war officially on December 8, 1941, after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Congress declared war on Germany shortly after, on December 11. The war in Europe ended with Germany's surrender in May 1945, while the Pacific front ended in August 1945, following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Soviet Union suffered an estimated 24 million casualties, including civilians and military personnel, while bearing the brunt of Nazi Germany's eastern campaign. Britain, which stood alone against the Axis powers for a year before U.S. entry, lost about 450,700 people in the war. France suffered more than 567,000 casualties. U.S. losses are estimated at 418,500, according to the National WWII Museum. What People Are Saying Podcast host Keith Olbermann in a viral post on X, formerly Twitter, on Trump framing May 8 as a uniquely American Victory Day: "We won World War II on August 15, 1945 when the Japanese surrendered. Trump is a complete moron." American University Kyiv professor Roman Sheremeta, on X, about Trump's inconsistency, recalling a previous comment in which Trump suggested that Russia defeated Hitler: "Trump doesn't know history — because Russia didn't defeat Hitler. It was the joint effort of the Allied forces." David Frum of The Atlantic observed the irony of Trump adopting the Russian custom of celebrating Victory Day in May, on X: "Trump follows the Russian practice, not the American." What Happens Next Trump's post received more than 14,000 likes on Truth Social, with supporters applauding its patriotic tone. But critics warned that such rhetoric could strain diplomatic ties and oversimplify a complex global conflict. This is not the first time Trump's comments about history or alliances have caused controversy. During his time in office, he has frequently clashed with NATO leaders and accused allies of failing to meet defense spending commitments.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump uses WA kidnapping case to justify Alien Enemies Act deportations
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Macomb Community College on April 29, 2025 at Warren, Michigan. Trump held the rally to highlight his accomplishments during his first 100 days in office, including closing the border, job creation and the economy. (Photo by) Celebrating his 100th day in office Tuesday, President Donald Trump invoked a recent brutal kidnapping case in western Washington to justify his rush to deport Venezuelan immigrants. The day after Trump's inauguration in January, three men abducted a 58-year-old woman outside her Burien apartment, robbing and shooting her before leaving her for dead along Interstate 90 in Kittitas County, prosecutors allege. Authorities say the men drilled into the woman's hand with a power drill to get her to reveal her bank card PIN and phone passcode. King County prosecutors have charged two of the suspects, as of Wednesday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the two men so far charged in the case, who are both Venezuelan citizens, have 'alleged ties to the notorious Tren de Aragua gang.' ICE has lodged immigration detainers on them so federal immigration agents can take custody if King County releases them, a spokesperson confirmed. But under state law and county code, the jail can't release inmates to federal immigration authorities without a warrant. This case, along with another in Chicago, provided Trump's rationale Tuesday for using a 1798 law to deport non-citizens without due process. 'That's why we've invoked the Alien Enemies Act to expel every foreign terrorist from our soil as quickly as possible,' Trump said to cheers at his Michigan rally. 'We're just not taking this crap anymore. We can't,' he continued. Last month, Trump formally invoked the Alien Enemies Act, a rarely used law that allows the president to bypass immigration courts to deport people from a 'hostile nation or government.' The president can use the statute in times of war or an 'invasion' of the United States. In his March 15 executive order, Trump argued Tren de Aragua members 'unlawfully infiltrated the United States and are conducting irregular warfare and undertaking hostile actions against the United States.' The American Civil Liberties Union quickly challenged the order. In response, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., barred deportation of Venezuelans on Alien Enemies Act grounds. The judge also ordered the Trump administration to turn around planes already en route to a prison in El Salvador. The White House didn't follow that order. The U.S. Supreme Court also got involved earlier this month, pausing the Trump administration's planned deportation of immigrants subject to the Alien Enemies Act. The ACLU is now asking a judge to force the administration to return more than 130 people still held in El Salvador after deportation. On Tuesday, the president didn't stop at immigrants from Venezuela: 'They come in from Africa. The Congo, they've emptied out their prisons into our country. But they come from Africa, Asia, South America. They come from all over bad parts of Europe.' The two men charged in the Burien case remained in King County custody Wednesday with bail set at $1 million, as they await trial on attempted murder, kidnapping and robbery charges. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
