We are accustomed to being a nation of ideas where people speak their minds and feel free to share their opinions. Freedom of speech was so important to our Founding Fathers that they enshrined it in the very first amendment.
But in modern times, a cancellation culture has taken root, and voicing your thoughts can lead to losing your job, having friends or family turn their backs on you, or being shamed on social media. During this Biden-Harris era, censorship is encouraged, and Big Tech and Big Media regularly collude with Big Government to shut down ideas they don’t like.
It’s hardly a wonder, then, that some are clamming up and hiding what they really feel. Take Gen Z—it turns out that nearly half of them have lied to people close to them about who they vote for. Astonishing:
Half of Gen Z voters have lied to people close to them about who they’re voting for, according to the latest Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll.
“The new social etiquette is to be like Switzerland: Why do you want that heat?” https://t.co/BsGkeigVlN pic.twitter.com/biAT4JWsRm
— Axios (@axios) October 30, 2024
I personally know several young Trump voters who admitted to me they probably wouldn’t be straight with some of their friends. Normally, I would say this is immoral and they should always tell the truth, but we’re in California, and if these young people want to have any friends or work in the entertainment industry, their best bet is to zip it. It’s sad, and it’s wrong, but it’s unfortunately it’s the reality these days for many.
It’s one reason it’s so hard to predict the outcome of this election:
So finds Axios in its poll of more than 1,800 registered voters, conducted by the Harris Poll between October 22 and 24. Almost a quarter (23%) of respondents across generations say they have lied to someone close to them about who they’re voting for, but that number is highest among Gen Z—at 48%. The number of fibbers decreases as respondents age, at 38% of millennials, 17% of Gen Xers, and 6% of boomers.
A veil of secrecy shrouds what has been deemed one of the closest elections in modern history. More than half (58%) of respondents say their vote is a private matter.
There are many reasons why someone might feel the need to hide their political leanings, but young men have a special motive to shade the truth: dudes want to get dates.
Men are almost twice as likely to lie about their vote than women, at 30% and 17%, respectively. It’s unclear who they’re lying to and why.
But at the same time, a widely reported gender gap in younger generations is at play. While the verdict is still out, data from Gallup covered by the Financial Times found that men in the U.S., Germany, and South Korea are becoming increasingly conservative. Women, on the other hand, are becoming more liberal—by a gap of 30 percentage points in the U.S.
Sex gaps for young people are now absolutely massive. Average of polls shows, among 18-29 year olds,
President
Men: Trump +14
Women: Biden +30Men: +12 GOP
Women: +34 DemocratNot a good position for Republicans to win one sex by 12 and lose the one that votes more by 30+. pic.twitter.com/pRxGyt2Dyl
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) July 31, 2024
It’s a disheartening effect of the left’s assault on America that such a high number of people feel the need to lie regularly. It also reveals a sobering reality: way too many of our nation’s young women have bought into the extreme progressive narrative. If somehow Kamala Harris were to win the presidency and keep taking our nation ever further left, I fear many of them would be in for a rude awakening when the country inevitably declines (further).
We all have to do our part to make sure that doesn’t happen.
