Young voters overwhelmingly say they would support President Biden over former President Trump in a hypothetical head-to-head match-up if the 2024 presidential election were held today, according to a poll released Wednesday.
In the Economist/YouGov poll — conducted via web-based interviews Dec. 16-18 — more than half (53 percent) of registered voters under 30 said they would support Biden, and less than a quarter (24 percent) said they would support Trump.
Another 10 percent said they would support another candidate, 4 percent said they were not sure, and 9 percent said they wouldn’t vote.
I’ve always found that channels takes to be unrealistically optimistic for my taste.
Optimism is dangerous in the face of a disaster. Pessimism lights the fire under you necessary to get it fixed.
Science has proven time and time again that it does not.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3807005/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2020/08/01/a-new-study-shows-pessimism-can-lead-to-early-death-do-you-need-to-change-your-outlook/
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/health-benefits-gratitude
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/08/well/mind/gratitude-health-benefits.html
A couple more recent blogs showing some benefits for pessimism but mostly negatives.
https://positivepsychology.com/pessimism-vs-optimism/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4764256/
https://www.verywellmind.com/is-it-safer-to-be-a-pessimist-3144874
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/pessimism
We aren’t talking about abstract world views here, we’re talking about optimism in the face of literally mid-drivinf off a cliff.
You can give in to doomerism as much as you want but the science simply doesn’t back it up. It’s always a spectrum.
Hopefully you’re doing more good than bad by spreading apathy and depression.