US Politics on Yik Yak | Always check the methodology and source of such graphs. Here, they calculated percent of people who identify as liberal minus percent conservative, presumably by asking “are you liberal or conservative?”

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Always check the methodology and source of such graphs. Here, they calculated percent of people who identify as liberal minus percent conservative, presumably by asking “are you liberal or conservative?”

US Politics 4w

Funny how people say young men are ‘radicalized’ when the data shows they’ve barely moved at all…they’ve gotten more progressive.

1 upvote, 15 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "Funny how people say young men are ‘radicalized’ when the data shows they’ve barely moved at all…they’ve gotten more progressive."

Anonymous 4w

Why do women more commonly identify as liberal in recent years? We don’t know unless we get more data. If the percent of men identifying as conservative is roughly equal, where are the radicals? Well, this graph says NOTHING about HOW conservative each man is. So we don’t know unless we look at more data.

Anonymous 4w

Wrong.

Anonymous 4w

“Polls indicate that young men’s views on gender, femininity and masculinity are rapidly shifting. In 2022, 49% of gen Z men said that the United States had become “too soft and feminine”, Deckman found. Just a year later, 60% of gen Z men said the same. Deckman found that those who agreed with the statement were far more likely to have voted for Trump in 2016 – even after controlling for political party.” Does this sound like voter numbers to you, dumbass?

Anonymous

OP 4w

It’s an average of ideology, it’s not talking abt number of voters. Read the damn article.

Anonymous

#1 4w

It makes references to polling data but its main focus is political ideology.

Anonymous

#1 4w

I was responding to the extrapolation that the OP made about young men not being radicalized.

Anonymous

#1 4w

I didn’t say it was number of voters, I read the text at the bottom of the graph

Anonymous

#1 4w

“Net ideology is calculated by subtracting the percent conservative from the percent liberal”

Anonymous

#1 4w

I didn’t say it was voter numbers

Anonymous

#1 4w

Reread what I actually wrote

Anonymous

OP 4w

If all they’re asking is L or C, then the data would we solely based on numbers…

Anonymous

#1 4w

READ THE TEXT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GRAPH

Anonymous

OP 4w

I’m the one who posted it, I read the whole article. Read it before you keep digging urself a bigger whole, it’s a net calc between their political ideology, L-C= net.

Anonymous

#1 4w

Ok so you’re OOP and mentioned “the line barely moved but people are saying men have become more radicalized.” You never mentioned the number of voters, but the graph clearly does. The data is from a Gallup poll series (while not mentioned it’s likely one about identifying as left or right). Nothing regarding any factors including ethnic/racial background and nothing regarding a quantification of how liberal/conservative a participant is.

Anonymous

#1 4w

Basically, if we ignore third parties, the 29% among women is calculated by the following: 29% = (% of women who are liberal) - (% of women who are conservative). Basic algebra says that 64.5% of women voters in the poll that year were left-leaning and 35.5% were right-leaning. That is literally all that this graph is telling you.

Anonymous

OP 4w

I’m actually gonna do you one better and use the source data. The Men’s side shows that both % Conservative and % Liberal are DWARFED by the Moderate section. Like both ideologies are partaking in skill based matchmaking while some the majority lie somewhere between.

Anonymous

#1 4w

On the other hand, conservatism has grown increasingly unpopular among women (almost like telling someone what they can or can’t do for things that don’t apply to you isn’t good lol). Likely, more conservatives were pushed away from conservatism into moderate territory and many moderates became liberal rather than a complete changeup. I’m basing this on the points where liberal/moderate are inverse while conservative/moderate are more parallel

Anonymous

#2 4w

Thank you for that analysis. I was trying to explain the lack of support for 1’s claim that the graph was evidence of a lack of radicalization of young men, but I think 1 is too sensitive to admit an error.

Anonymous

#1 4w

YES, that is EXACTLY what I’ve been saying it was.

Anonymous

#1 4w

I will repeat myself one more time before signing off. The L-C number does not give the whole picture. It does not tell us HOW conservative or how liberal. It does not factor in actual political beliefs. It does not discriminate between a liberal who just doesn’t want to identify with Trump supporters and a liberal who wants universal basic income.