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‘Leaving The Hole That I Was In’: Young Voters Reveal Why They Are Ditching Biden
Independent Journal Review ^ | June 25, 2024 | Staff

Posted on 06/25/2024 11:13:30 AM PDT by Red Badger

Two young voters told Fox News they would not be voting for Joe Biden in 2024, citing “open borders” and cashless bail as some of the reasons for their move towards the political right.

Biden currently trails former President Donald Trump by 1% in a national head-to-head matchup, according to the RealClearPolling average of polls, with Trump’s lead growing to 2.2% when independent candidates Cornel West and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Green Party candidate Jill Stein are included. The young voters, Becky Oliveira and Grace Guentzel, noted how they had previously surrounded themselves with Democrats and left-wing “culture,” but eventually started to “come out of it.”

“I grew up in the social media culture that was very dominated by left-wing propaganda, for lack of a better word, that was pushed to me through the algorithms, and I accepted it,” Oliveira, who hails from New York City, told “Fox and Friends” co-host Lawrence Jones. “I accepted it wholeheartedly. I loved it. I was very into it, until I started to come out of it and realized that a lot of what I believed was very emotional and not really based in logic or fact.”

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“So, once I started to have that realization, it really all came to a head around 2020, when I started to see how Democratic policies were playing out in my city,” Oliveira, who told the New York Post that at the age of 15, she feared that “hordes of KKK” would shoot her for being Hispanic after Trump’s 2016 victory, continued. “Cashless bail, for one. The riots after the killing of George Floyd. Madison Avenue being completely decimated by these roving bands of rioters.”

Biden is struggling to maintain his level of support in the 2020 election from black, Hispanic and young voters in the current campaign. Guentzel described herself as being “surrounded” by Democrats early on, but said her views changed when she looked into things.

“For me, it really came down to just looking at the nuance and doing my own research,” Guentzel said. “I feel like I surrounded myself with a lot of Democrats and was kind of in that culture, so it was normal for me, but I think once I started to do my research and understand the nuance, because I kind of saw things as very one-sided, but once I kind of got out of that … cycle and stopped only surrounding myself with one kind of people, I think I started kind of leaving the hole that I was in and … came more towards the right.”

Oliveira told Jones she was voting for Trump in November, while Guentzel had not decided who to vote for.

“For me, I just know that I won’t be voting for Joe Biden because I know we can’t have another four years of open borders and things of that nature,” Gruentzel told Jones.


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Women always select SECURITY.....................
1 posted on 06/25/2024 11:13:30 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

This is why you see corporate media headlines stating: “It’s dangerous to do your own research”.


2 posted on 06/25/2024 11:17:42 AM PDT by CFW
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To: Red Badger

“...and realized that a lot of what I believed was very emotional and not really based in logic or fact.””

Even a lefty can sometimes find an acorn under a tree.


3 posted on 06/25/2024 11:21:41 AM PDT by TonyinLA (I don't have sufficient information to formulate a reasoned opinion said no lefty ever.)
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To: Red Badger

I was a stupid voter when 18 years old. Best to just keep the vote at 21, eliminating all women and 3/5’s blacks like the dems wanted.


4 posted on 06/25/2024 11:37:38 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: Red Badger
” Oliveira, who hails from New York City, told “Fox and Friends” co-host Lawrence Jones. “I accepted it wholeheartedly. I loved it. I was very into it, until I started to come out of it and realized that a lot of what I believed was very emotional and not really based in logic or fact.”

I'm impressed.

5 posted on 06/25/2024 11:44:51 AM PDT by GOPJ (Will 51 intelligence goons say Biden's NOT 'wired' to hear answers at the debate via a hearing 'aid')
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To: Red Badger

Young people outgrow rioting pretty quickly once it hits their neighborhoods and reality.


6 posted on 06/25/2024 11:59:09 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Red Badger

Women always select SECURITY.....................

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If by SECURITY you mean being able to kill their offspring.


7 posted on 06/25/2024 12:51:35 PM PDT by mund1011 (We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality)
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To: Red Badger
Not a criticism of women but they are wired to find somebody to take care of them.

Giving the women the vote ensured that socialism would eventually prevail - especially in the absence of many men not assuming their proper role as provider and head of household.

Some of the blame rests on us men (collectively speaking) for allowing our women to go on the dole and collect government benefits.

If every man took care of their own women and children and assumed control of their own household, this would be a non issue.

8 posted on 06/25/2024 1:00:01 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (6,575,474 Truth | 87,429,044 Twitter)
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To: Karliner

You are way out of line, and if you are in the Republican party, you are in the he wrong party. Our party was founded on the principles of ending slavery and women’s suffrage.


9 posted on 06/25/2024 8:05:30 PM PDT by erkelly
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To: erkelly

Are you daft? That was pure sarcasm.


10 posted on 06/25/2024 8:08:51 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: Karliner
I was a stupid voter when 18 years old. Best to just keep the vote at 21, eliminating all women and 3/5’s blacks like the dems wanted.

Are you being serious?! Surprised you haven't been zotted with an offensive comment like that. Not worth the time, but wonder if this is something new, else you make similar offensive comments over the years. Probably not often as I don't recall seeing you post.

Please go crawl back under whatever rock you were under.

11 posted on 06/25/2024 8:11:55 PM PDT by Reno89519 (I'll go out on a limb: Trump & Gabbard 2024 or Trump & Sanders 2024)
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To: Reno89519
Please go crawl back under whatever rock you were under.

If you can't see the sarcasm in that you need to crawl out from under your bridge and maybe buy a few vowels. I don't deal well with dopey derisive fools so take your little barbs and shove them. I'll post" Hey Reno89519, this is sarcasm, please accept as sarcasm and don't tell Jim Robinson on me there old timer."

12 posted on 06/25/2024 8:24:51 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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