A popular narrative suggests young people are liberal and getting more liberal. Thus, social media buzzed when a chart surfaced in spring that seemed to suggest 12th-grade boys had become overwhelm…

While many believe young people are becoming more liberal, data shows that 12th grade boys are nearly twice as likely to identify as conservative compared to liberal. Around 25% of high school seniors identify as conservative while only 13% identify as liberal. In contrast, the share of 12th grade girls identifying as liberal has risen to 30%. Many factors may contribute to this trend, including the rhetoric of Donald Trump which appealed to disaffected young men, and the focus of progressive movements on issues of gender and racial equality which some young men perceive as a “matriarchy.” However, most high school seniors claim no political identity, and many boys in high school do not actively discuss

    • JDPoZ@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Leftists do support unions. It’s the corporate-friendly “CeNtRiSt” democrats and MSNBC lib-pundits that don’t.

      Really that “support” thought doesn’t tangibly matter much unless the folks at the VERY top make major policies that can’t be ignored in even the most rural areas… things like FDR’s “Rural Electrification Act.”

      See, even if some culture war carnival barker yells at country yokels - who normally don’t see the benefits of something like new high speed public rail transit being implemented in Chicago or NYC or Boston - lying to them about the yokels’ jobs disappearing because “gay marriage” or whatever, it doesn’t matter if you can now point to how you are able to see lightbulbs light up your home and listen to the radio now because a Democrat passed laws to give your remote farm access to reliable electricity.

      • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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        1 year ago

        It’s the corporate-friendly “CeNtRiSt” democrats and MSNBC lib-pundits that don’t.

        Like Biden’s admin shutting down railway workers trying to collectively bargain. And then a train disaster happened, like, the next day.

        • JDPoZ@beehaw.orgEnglish
          12·
          1 year ago

          Biden never was and is not my first choice. But he got my vote because the only other realistic alternative in the 2020 presidential election was a goddamn lunatic fascist modern Mussolini.

          The DNC isn’t allowing a primary, so any 3rd party candidate pretending to be to Biden’s left (note that Bernie is not running) will act as a Perot / Nader type candidate that siphons away votes from Biden and potentially sways the election in the R’s favor.

        • sorchist@beehaw.orgEnglish
          7·
          1 year ago

          yes, that terrible anti-union Joe Biden, how dare he

          https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/15/business/railroad-strike-averted-tentative-deal/index.html

          President Joe Biden called in personally to talk to negotiators around 9 pm ET Wednesday, according to a person familiar with negotiations. Biden stressed that catastrophic harm could come to families, businesses and communities if the rail system shut down. Sources within the unions were giving Biden’s call credit for helping to get the deal completed without a strike.

          “We’re very proud of what was accomplished,” said Jeremy Ferguson, president of the conductors union and one of the leaders involved in the marathon session. He thanked Biden and Labor Department officials involved in the talks for the deal.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
      10·
      1 year ago

      I’m wearing a tshirt that I bought to support a union drive now, actually. Over the weekend, I spotted a table with volunteers supporting the UPS drivers and walked up and asked how I could show support. I poster went in my window. I was wearing a sticker supporting Amazon workers trying to unionize at the time, which they noticed.

      It’s a very unique time during my lifetime where union activity seems to be on the rise. A local Trader Joe’s recently formed a union so I went there and individually approached workers and congratulated them. I had a strong sense of who voted yes vs no based on their responses. The ones that were please were really appreciative of the support.

      Push hard for unions. Show support for unions in other industries. This is a moment where we might be able to show regular people that we can have collective power.