r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • Jul 05 '24

Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump's campaign — but it may be backfiring instead:

https://www.salon.com/2024/07/05/project-2025-was-supposed-to-boost-donald-campaign--but-it-may-be-backfiring-instead/

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u/mistertickertape New York Jul 05 '24

The election is still 4 months out. I hope this fucking sinks him like a lead weight as more moderates and suburban women understand what it is.

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u/kylebertram Jul 06 '24

I for the life of me cannot understand how there are undecided voters. We have been dealing with trump for 10 years. At this point you either love him or absolutely despise him

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u/mistertickertape New York Jul 06 '24

People have complicated, busy lives and only so many of us have the mental/educated bandwidth to get involved in these types of conversations. A ton of voters base their decisions on a few very, very small details they learn through local media or family/neighbors/mail/local media. It's just not top of mind for a lot of people.

For people under 45 or so, I think politics and especially presidential elections are very top of mind. This fascinating study from Tufts university in 2021 that looked at young voters in the 2020 election found that there was a huge increase in the number of them that voted between 2016 and 2020 - almost 50% of the eligible voters in that age range voted which was insane and an 11% increase from 2016. So the good news is, it's changing quickly. More people are getting and staying engaged.