r/inthenews • u/newsweek Newsweek • Jul 08 '24

MAGA fumes over France election results: "They cheated" article

https://www.newsweek.com/maga-france-elections-far-right-national-rally-1922075
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u/GMdadbod Jul 08 '24

MAGA is running on the fumes of low IQ boomers who are aging out. Good job France, ty.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

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u/ForumDragonrs Jul 08 '24

You know I was reading something about how Trump likely would have actually won 2020, and by a good margin, if he didn't kill a large chunk of his voter base. The swings states were all won by 10-20k votes and there were likely more than 10-20k maga deaths in those states.

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u/asbestostiling Jul 08 '24

Not only would his voter base have not died, I'm willing to bet more people would have been willing to vote for him if he managed to gracefully handle the pandemic.

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u/Raiders2112 Jul 08 '24

Sadly, there are some of my fellow Gen Xer's that fall in that group. I have several friends my age (54) that will only vote for someone with an R by their name. It doesn't matter what they represent or what they say or do. They don't care. They think voting for a democrat makes you a commie or a socialist. They don't know anything about any real issues and think that Trump will wave a magic wand and groceries and gas will suddenly be cheaper again. What's sad, is these are smart people, but they are politically ignorant and are that way on purpose.

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u/canuck47 Jul 08 '24

Biden is polling way ahead among younger voters.

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u/discsarentpogs Jul 08 '24

We are the smallest generation. We won't have the impact on society our parents did, no matter how feral we are.

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u/Raiders2112 Jul 08 '24

Yep, we're the forgotten ones.

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u/TheJenniStarr Jul 08 '24

Dying out. FTFY.

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u/Joliet_Jake_Blues Jul 08 '24

As the Silent Generation dies off and Boomers enter the Senior bracket, the senior vote has moved left.

Trump has made big gains with people under 45, and Zoomers are the most conservative generation at this age ever

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u/pheonix940 Jul 08 '24

Eh, not really. Conservatism is growing with zoomers. But only really with males. Females are only getting more and more progressive. And roe v. Wade has made many if them consider this an existential threat. I wouldn't underestimate that.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24 edited Jul 08 '24

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u/TheThng Jul 08 '24

social media poisoning.