Women on TikTok are sharing how they’re ‘canceling out’ their parents’ votes for Donald Trump ahead of the election

Summary

Ahead of the 2024 election, Generation Z has sparked a trend on TikTok, “canceling out” family members’ votes by voting opposite their Trump-supporting relatives. Many young women post videos showing them voting for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, contrasting with family members supporting Republican nominee Donald Trump.

While some videos are lighthearted, others reveal deeper tensions, as participants highlight personal stakes in defending rights and choices.

Although Gen Z voters lean slightly toward Harris, a significant portion supports Trump, creating a divided landscape. With over 47 million early votes cast, polls show a tight race, especially in key swing states.

  • yonder@sh.itjust.works
    14·
    11 days ago

    Polievre wants to defund the CBC, build more oil pipelines and continue the expansion of city suburbs. No way I’d vote for that guy. The only good thing I’ve seen him say is that there should be more competition in the telecommunications market, but it does not take much effort to point out a problem.

    • TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      11 days ago

      There are so many issues with a Con government–like not even admitting climate change exists, that’s not great–and you mentioned many others.

      I’m honestly tired of women bailing us out in these elections though, so I cannot imagine what it’s like for them to have to keep doing it.

      • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
        46·
        11 days ago

        I’m honestly tired of women bailing us out in these elections though, so I cannot imagine what it’s like for them to have to keep doing it.

        That said, when men were losing their jobs they got told “learn to code” by callous and shitty journalists and women’s rights activists. It’s not hard to see why men are abandoning liberal governments that blame them for everything even while they are experiencing statistically worse outcomes with each successive generation.

        The solution is so simple that you have to be abandoning it on purpose: promise men educations and to help them get employed, and you’ll get all the support you need.

        • TSG_Asmodeus (he, him)@lemmy.worldEnglish
          71·
          11 days ago

          That said, when men were losing their jobs hey got told “learn to code” by callous and shitty journalists and women’s rights activists.

          Where on earth has this happened?

          The solution is so simple that you have to be abandoning it on purpose: promise men educations and to help them get employed, and you’ll get all the support you need.

          So tell the men in charge to do that. We don’t live in a matriarchy, women fight the exact same fights you mentioned. You think women don’t get laid off just like men do? I’ve been in games for almost 20 years and I can tell you it’s not any better for the women in it.

        • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
          37·
          11 days ago

          That said, when men were losing their jobs they got told “learn to code” by callous and shitty journalists and women’s rights activists. It’s not hard to see why men are abandoning liberal governments that blame them for everything even while they are experiencing statistically worse outcomes with each successive generation.

          I will say, we’d never be in this mess if we didn’t have the Twitter crowd claiming Masculinity and Whiteness are sins in and of themselves.

          Tell a white man he’s evil cause he’s a white man, and he’ll gladly side with someone who admits to being racist.

          • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            8 days ago

            I mean yes but it’s more than just feelings and hateful people on Twitter:

            • the death of many careers that men primarily occupied without any plan to deal with it
            • the changing of education into a format that doesn’t work well for men
            • systematic sexism that is denying men opportunities in education and work that started as benevolence towards women, but when younger women started to displace men and make more money than them, feminists applauded it and demanded even more for the sake of revenge

            And when you talk about this as a man you get exactly the kind of replies I got, or worse. This is how you drive men right.

      • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
        11·
        11 days ago

        Forget the porn, it’s the absolute insanity of forcing (and allowing) all these different web services to get and maintain our identities. Huge privacy breach from people preaching that government overreach is bad… This hypocrisy gets old fast.

    • CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      11 days ago

      The only good thing I’ve seen him say is that there should be more competition in the telecommunications market

      The Conservatives didn’t do anything last time about this despite it being a big discussion point, and they had years of majority to do it. I don’t see them changing tack since they don’t seem too bothered by any of Canada’s other oligarchs.

      All that said, the Liberals barely took a step forward on this either, right before taking a huge step back allowing Rogers and Shaw to merge. These damned neoliberals just refuse to help anyone.