TikTok likely helped far right in German elections: analysts – DW – 09/02/2024
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The AfD was twice as effective at reaching first-time voters on the app than all other parties combined, according to an analysis of platform data. This may explain why the party performed so well among young voters.

The AfD was twice as effective at reaching first-time voters on the app than all other parties combined, according to an analysis of platform data. This may explain why the party performed so well among young voters.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    If it’s any consolation

    But that battle is a tough one for Republicans, given Gen Z voters overwhelmingly supported Democrats over Republicans in the midterms by 27 points — and prioritized protecting abortion access by a higher amount than any other generation, according to SocialSphere’s survey data.

    I suspect the kids, as a whole, are alright. Not that we shouldn’t take this seriously, but we don’t have to start planning our funerals yet.

    • hydroptic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Hmm, I wonder if Gen Z’s politics are different over there compared to here, because at least in Finland the 2. most popular parties they voted for were a right wing extremist party and a “fiscally conservative” party that is essentially indistinguishable from the extremist one (the joke is that the way to tell them apart is that the “fiscal conservatives” wear more expensive suits.) Sure, many do also vote for eg. the Left Alliance who are democratic socialists, but on the whole the generation is more conservative than the older ones

      • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Not sure, but I can say from personal experience here that, while right-wing parties are less popular amongst Gen Z, the right-wingers that are in Gen Z tend to be very political, not just casually political, and more extreme than your average Joe Schmoe conservative. Might be a contributor.

        • hydroptic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          2 months ago

          Yeah it’s the same here, they and the younger gens have apparently gotten very polarized; the ones who are “good eggs” are really decent folks, and the shitty ones are really shitty.

          So while the extremist reich wing party PS (Perussuomalaiset or “Finns Party”, because naturally only a nationalist wank is a real Finn) was their most popular party, as a proportion of their cohorts more young people voted for the Left Alliance than older ones did. Here’s a handy table from our 2023 parliamentary elections (source):

          • KOK: National Coalition Party, fiscally conservative
          • PS: Finns Party, extremist right wing
          • SDP: Social Democrat, liberal / marginally left
          • KESK: Centre Party, what it says on the tin
          • VAS: Left Alliance, democratic socialists
          • VIHR: Green League, liberal & green
          • SFP: Swedish People’s Party, right wing
          • KD: Christian Democrats, nearly as bad as PS
          • LIIK: Movement Now, nominally center right but about as right wing as KOK

          Actually based on that study the claims that gen Z is more conservative than older gens doesn’t seem to hold up. Seems like they’re about as conservative, but more polarized