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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m upset over this election, but when I look at my teenagers’ generation I’’m optimistic that this too shall pass. The old shall pass away.

This is the last gasp of the old dudes.[/quote]

I disagree. My son is a teen and a Trump supporter. I’m not a trump voter - but nothing I say to him sways his opinion at all. [/quote]

Nearly all of the teenagers I know are far left. Regardless, the current political situation is awful for young adults looking to find partners. We are so divided as a country and men and women are at odds with each other. [/quote]

There was an interesting NYT The Daily episode on this - Gen Z (/young millennial) women are more Democratic than ever, while young men are swinging hard towards the GOP.

Re: yard signs. Obviously the cliche answer would be "well, you live in a liberal northeastern bubble so of course you only saw Harris/Walz signs" and there is probably some truth in that, but...I don't know. As someone who spends a LOT of time in Wisconsin- parents/sibling in suburban Green Bay area, sibling in an inner ring traditionally liberal MKE suburb, a sibling in a more suburban, traditionally conservative MKE suburb, a DD in Madison for college, and a very close friend in Eau Claire...plus traversing the state to get to these different places - the air really did feel different than it did in 2016 and 2020. I saw way fewer Trump signs than had in previous elections, and saw Harris signs in places that one does not usually expect to see Harris signs. And in the places one expects to see Harris signs, they were in way higher frequency than usual (like...80% of houses in a neighborhood had them instead of the usual half). Plus reports from my daughter about the huge lines to vote in Madison to vote for the past few weeks...and the news reports about record early vote turn out. And way more pro-Kamala social media from my WI friends than I ever saw for Biden or Hillary.

But, alas, it's true that yard signs don't vote and everyone who shows up to the polls counts as one vote whether your house is adorned in signs and you go to every rally or if you have no involvement whatsoever in politics besides showing up to the polls every two or four years (and anywhere in between). I suspect that Kamala supporters were much more emboldened to share their support this election, but there were a LOT of people who were quiet about their Trump support and/or way more "hold your nose and vote Trump" people than we ever thought possible.  [/quote]

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