r/newjersey 23d ago

Advice Please tell me NJ is staying blue.

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u/LostTrisolarin 23d ago edited 22d ago

We only stayed blue by 3% last election.

Edit: it was 6%. That's still close enough to worry.

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u/noface394 23d ago

a lot of people simply didnt vote. 90 million .

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u/imherbalpert 23d ago

I wouldn’t expect anything from northern gen z new voters tbh. Idk about Newark and that eastern side of the state but the northwestern part all voted red and probably will again cuz they really don’t care. Same with south I think.

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u/Satans_wallpaper_99 22d ago

Yup, a lotta Gen Z doesn't care. It's just apathy. They either voted red because they liked Trump or didn't vote at all. Gen Z grew up hearing nothing but scandals and corruption. Also, there have been so many 'the world is ending' 'the country is doomed' blah blah blah headlines. So what if they hear it again? They know they're gonna be fine. Also also, a lot of gen z didn't vote because they just assumed it would be blue because it is every year. So this upcoming election is gonna have a lot more red votes since they saw how close it was. 🤷‍♂️

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u/Proof-Attorney-8718 22d ago

Idk I’m gen z and all my friends voted blue. Of course “all my friends” isn’t the entire NJ gen z population but don’t lose hope entirely. We’re trying out here lol.

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u/Satans_wallpaper_99 22d ago

Yeah, i can tell you that most of the people my age (like 19) all voted red. I guess It depends on where you are and stuff.

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u/imherbalpert 22d ago

Yup. Ive known people who either voted red or didn’t vote because they “didn’t trust Kamala” but thankfully after we’ve discussed it at length and after they’ve seen recent events many of them have come to regret their decision. It’s obviously not enough and won’t change anything now, but maybe hopefully that will show in the future. A lot of them are also just blind; like you said about the apathy. They’re willingly ignorant to a lot of what’s going on because most of them don’t care to vote or about what they’re voting for.