Young Voters Now Say They Feel the Sting of Voting for Trump • Franknez.com

Picture this: A room full of twentysomethings and early thirtysomethings who threw their support behind Donald Trump last November, only to wake up nine months into his second term feeling like they backed the wrong horse.

That’s the raw vibe from a New York Times focus group where young voters—folks in their late 20s and early 30s who “somewhat disapprove” of the president—didn’t hold back.

Words like “reckless,” “overpowering,” and “aggressive” flew when they summed up life under Trump in one word.

And yeah, it’s starting to look like that 2024 surge among young voters might be fizzling fast.

These aren’t your stereotypical never-Trumpers; they’re the ones who helped tip the scales in his favor.

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Trump made historic gains with under-35s in the election, flipping a demographic that’s usually blue-leaning and crediting it for his blowout win.

But fast-forward to now, and the honeymoon’s over.

A Pew Research Center survey from August shows approval among Trump voters under 35 has tanked to 69%—a brutal 23-point drop from the giddy days right after inauguration.

Polls are whispering that regret’s spreading, with these young backers venting about everything from a job market that’s leaving them high and dry to deportation policies that feel more like a sledgehammer than a scalpel.

Take Mustafa, a 28-year-old from Georgia.

He nailed the frustration right out of the gate: “The way that he’s been handling things recently, dictatorship.”

Oof. He doubled down on foreign policy gripes, saying, “We’re focused on Ukraine and Israel more than I feel like the United States.

The military, I like it, has gotten much better than it used to. But I thought he was going to come in and end the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.”

It’s that classic bait-and-switch feeling—campaign promises of “America First” clashing with headlines screaming endless overseas entanglements.

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Then there’s Quinton, 33, an account manager scraping by in Georgia.

For him, it’s all about the wallet: “For me, it comes down to taxes and jobs.

The job market is just not good at all.

I have a lot of friends and family members who are struggling to find work.

He made it seem like he was going to look out for the working-class people, and it’s the exact opposite.”

You can almost hear the sigh through the page—the blue-collar pitch that won hearts now feels like empty talk amid unemployment ticks and stagnant wages.

Crypto bros aren’t spared either.

John, a 28-year-old delivery driver in Florida, lit up over the market mess: “I feel like even though my specific investment in cryptocurrency is doing good overall, he has ruined the cryptocurrency market for a lot of cryptocurrencies.

A lot of these rich people are just pumping-and-dumping stuff, coming out with tokens.

And this is not really what I voted for.”

Trump’s deregulatory swagger was supposed to be a boon for digital assets, but volatility and insider games have soured the dream, and eroded trust.

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Immigration’s another sore spot, hitting close to home for Kelsey, 32, an independent in tech: “I just think it’s way too aggressive.

Even if it’s the worst of the criminals, can they be treated more humanely once they get to the deportation centers?”

And Sarah, a 32-year-old engineer from Montana, took it deeper, questioning the whole system: “I’m having a hard time trusting in my current democracy and my Constitution when I’m not really sure I’m seeing those honored even in these processes of deportation.”

It’s the kind of gut-punch that makes you wonder if the tough-on-borders rhetoric overlooked the human side.

This isn’t just anecdotal chatter; it’s a snapshot of a shift that’s got political watchers buzzing.

Young voters were Trump’s secret sauce in 2024, but if Pew’s numbers hold, that enthusiasm is evaporating quicker than a summer storm.

As midterms creep closer, these voices could spell trouble for Republicans chasing the youth vote—especially if the economy stays stuck in neutral and deportations keep making headlines.

For now, it’s a reminder that even the most hyped coalitions can crack when reality bites.

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