By generation, Biden has the highest disapproval rating from Generation X (62%), compared with the Silent/Greatest Generation (48%), baby boomers (48%) and Generation Z/millennials (50%). Biden also has the highest “strongly disapprove” rating from Gen X (52%), compared with the Silent/Greatest Generation (41%), boomers (39%) and Gen Z/millennials (35%).

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    197·
    6 months ago

    At 54, Schoettle is squarely a member of Generation X — those born between roughly 1965 and 1980. That political memory alone helps explain why they tilt more conservative than members of other generations. Schoettle has voted for a Democrat for president just once: Barack Obama in 2008.

    Because Obama campaigned as progressive, and that’s what voters want.

    The issue is after Obama, Hillary and Biden tried the same thing. Swore up and down that they were super progressive and they’d fix stuff if we gave them the chance.

    Obama got the benefit of the doubt because no one knew him. But it’s harder to trick voters when the candidate has been unapologetically neoliberal for decades.

    But the party won’t let an actual progressive make it to the general these days.

    They’d rather have trump for four years so they can run a neoliberal as “at least they’re not trump”.

    • Steve@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      6 months ago

      Yes! I would love to vote for anyone from any party, who has done one thing that transfers wealth from the shareholder class to the working class. For my entire life (born in 1980) every law I’ve ever heard of has done the opposite, and I’m sick of it.

      • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        Same here b.79. I want AOC or a younger Bernie to appear in the race. At the very least Biden could pick a progressive VP for this term and fucking retire already. Because there’s no way trump can bring us anything good.