Good News: A Majority of Young Canadians Support the Right to Protest of the Freedom Convoy Truckers

A new poll by the Angus Reid institute, a non-profit public opinion research organization, shows that a majority of young Canadians support the right of Freedom Convoy truckers to express themselves.

Support among young Canadians is much higher than among the old. 

The survey asked Canadians whether they felt that the right to protest outweighed the economic disruptions from the protest.  Results by age and gender appear below:

The results are both surprising and encouraging. 

Surprising because young people are often viewed as more supportive of authoritarian measures than the old. 

Encouraging because, at least on this issue, a solid majority of young Canadians support freedom of expression.  In that context, the results of the Angus Reid poll are very good news indeed. 

The authoritarian crackdown of the Trudeau should be revulsive to anyone who believes in free expression and individual rights.  Trudeau is revealing himself as nothing more than a pretty, elitist dictator. 

The Trudeau regime has instigated violence against protesters, trampled innocent civilians with horses, and frozen the bank accounts of thousands of supporters of the protests.

And then there is the blatant hypocrisy of Canada’s boy Prime Minister who swooned for Black Lives Matter but uses the jack-booted power of the state to crush peaceful protests by ordinary working-class Canadians.  

Hopefully, young Canadians will lead the charge for freedom in Canada.  Unlike their elders, young Canadians appear to have their heads on straight.

Young Voters Overwhelmingly Disapprove of Biden. Will the GOP Seize This Opportunity?

 

A new poll by CIVIQS provides more evidence that younger voters are turned off top Joe Biden.  Will young voters register their disapproval of the Biden Administration in November?

I blogged a few days ago about polling data that showed younger voters turned off to Joe Biden and willing to look toward the GOP on important issues including on jobs and the economy.

The openness of young people to the GOP message could make the 2022 election a watershed moment in American politics. 

During the past twenty years, majorities of younger voters have favored the Democratic Party while older voters have favored the Republican Party.  Younger voters have been critical to the success of Democrats at all levels of government. 

Now large numbers of young people have been turned off by the incompetence of the Biden Administration.

CIVIQS surveyed over 160,000 registered voters on their views of Joe Biden’s performance as president. 

Their survey shows that generational differential in approval have disappeared. 

A mere 26 percent of Americans under the age of 35 approved of Joe Biden’s handling of his job as president.  Approval among younger voters was lower than the 34 percent approval rate for Biden among all voters. 

Biden’s approval numbers are underwater is most major demographic groups.  His approval levels are equally dismal among both highly educated young people and non-college graduates and among and men as well as women. 

Most telling, only a slim majority—51 percent--young people that describe themselves as Democrats approve of the job that Biden has done as president and a mere 42 percent of young Blacks approve of Biden’s handling of his job.

Young Americans are clearly dissatisfied with the left-wing Biden agenda and are looking for a change.

Will the Republican Party be able to craft a 2022 message that appeal to young people.  If so, 2022 could be a watershed year.  If not, then ....