The case in summary: Almost half of young Norwegian men aged 18 to 29 say they would vote for Donald Trump if they could vote in the US presidential election. Generally speaking, 71% of Norwegians would vote for Kamala Harris, while only 15% would vote for Trump. Young people experience greater insecurity about their own personal finances, have less optimism for the future and see less enthusiasm for life, according to Ipsos. If there were an election in Norway today, only 5.2% of young people between the ages of 18 and 25 would vote for the Labor Party, while the Progressive Party gets a whopping 36.7% support among young people. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAI. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. The battle between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is nail-bitingly even, 12 days before the US election. The commitment is also great here at home in Norway, and Ipsos has asked Norwegians the following question: “If you could vote in the presidential election in the United States today, who would you vote for?” The answers show that Trump sympathy is by far the greatest among men aged 18 to 29. 47 percent answered that they would vote for Trump. Donald Trump crushes Kamala Harris among young Norwegians. He is particularly popular among the guys Graphic: Simon David Adam / news Among the women we find quite a different picture: In the same age group, only 9 percent answer that they would vote for the former president. – Pissed off at the system – We are not surprised by the pattern, but by the clear support in this particular group, says CEO of Ipsos Eirik Friberg Ekrann. The contrast is large between young men and Norwegians in general. Looking at everyone who took part in the survey, 71 percent said they would vote for Harris, while only 15 percent said they would vote for Trump. – I think many young people are pissed off at the system, says the new AUF leader Gaute Skjervø. He highlights Trump’s simple language and simple answers to difficult problems as reasons why young people have responded as they have. Gaute Børstad Skjervø was elected as AUF leader in mid-October. Photo: Sandra Tenu – When you are dissatisfied with the way things are, you look for an alternative. There is no doubt that Trump has managed to sell a lie that he wants to change the system for the better, says Skjervø. Ipso’s long-term survey of people’s attitudes and values also shows a change among young people. – For the first time, we see that the arrow has turned towards more safety orientation. This is led by the young, says Ekrann. He says young people differ from the rest of the population in that they experience greater insecurity about their own personal finances, they have less optimism for the future than they have had, and they see less joy in life. Leader of FpU Simen Velle believes the figures show the dissatisfaction with the current political direction. Photo: Alf Simensen / Alf Simensen / news – I think it underlines the dissatisfaction with the current political direction in both Norway and the USA, says FpU leader Simen Velle. The Labor Party gets a beating from the young news can also present smoking fresh figures from domestic politics. If it were only up to the young, the Labor Party would end up dangerously close to the barrier. The two youth party leaders met in the Debate on Thursday. Only 5.2 percent of men and women between the ages of 18 and 25 would have voted for Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre if there were an election today. This is shown by Norstat’s party barometer for October, commissioned by news. Skjervø believes there is a connection between the Trump support and the Labor Party’s poor polling. – The far right, which the FRP also represents, are very good at playing on people’s anger. Throughout Europe, the same pattern can be seen, where young people seek an alternative to a system they are not satisfied with. Join the discussion here: The Progress Party gets a whopping 36.7 percent support among young people in the survey. – These are of course good numbers that we should be proud of, but at the same time it emphasizes how important the job ahead of us is, says Velle. Skjervø acknowledges that the Labor Party has not been able to solve people’s challenges. – That the FRP is doing well only proves that the rest of us have not done our job well enough. Things have become more expensive, the housing market is broken and the Labor Party has not been able to solve that. Published 24.10.2024, at 21.14 Updated 24.10.2024, at 21.25
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