(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) President Joe Biden and running mate Vice President Kamala Harris appear to be adopting a new strategy for their sinking re-election bid: begging Gen. Z for support.
Kamala Harris: “I Love Gen Z … if someone is 18 years old today, they were born in 2005! Oh yeah, check that out. Think about that for a minute! Ha ha ha ha.” pic.twitter.com/7tRoZuBEYI
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 15, 2024
According to an ABC News/Ipsos poll, Biden’s approval ratings trail behind those of former President Donald Trump, the presumed Republican candidate for president.
Biden holds a 33% approval rating, three points lower than Trump’s 36%. This marks Biden’s lowest approval rating since George W. Bush from 2006 to 2008.
That’s not all.
As shown in the ABC News, Trump leads in the public perception of “mental sharpness.” Forty-seven percent of respondents think Trump has the mental sharpness for an effective presidency, whereas a scant 28% express the same confidence in Biden.
Among women, only 31% express approval for Biden, a notable contrast to the 57% vote he secured in 2020. His approval ratings among black and Hispanic voters are 21 and 15 points below average, respectively.
Biden attempts to make conversation: “How old are you? 11? Wow.” pic.twitter.com/YVNhVjXmFM
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 15, 2024
Among black voters aged 50 and over, Biden boasts a 65% approval rating. However, this approval plunges dramatically to 32% among black voters under the age of 50.
In the face of challenges, the Biden-Harris ticket desperately clings to hope, all the while the vice president fumbles awkwardly in her attempts to connect with young voters.
“I see our college students. Let me just tell you, I love Gen Z. I love Gen Z. Okay, for the older adults, this is a humbling thing I’m about to share with you,” Harris proclaimed in a speech in Columbia, South Carolina, celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
“If someone is 18 years old today, they were born in 2005! Oh yeah, check that out. Think about that for a minute! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!” she shouted into the microphone, repeating a joke she had shared before.
This wouldn’t be the first time Harris has expressed her newly-found and politically convenient admiration for Gen Z.
In a November 2023 event hosted by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in Houston, Texas, Harris declared, “I Love Gen Z, I Love Gen Z,” before highlighting that those born in 2005 are now 18 years old.
In December 2023, Harris made a similar remark. “I will confess I love Gen Z. I love Gen Z. It will be a humbling moment for some of us to realize that anyone who is 18 now was born in 2005 and what that means for them,” she said at the time.
