What are we doing here, people? CNN has a weird obsession with airing segments about kids and Donald Trump. These kids cannot vote, yet the network is curious about how these youngsters, who will likely never be able to vote for Kamala Harris or Donald Trump ever in a presidential race, feel about this election.
It’s a political science study where kids are asked questions tailored to allow for detailed answers. They want these ten and eleven-year-olds to express their feelings about the candidates. An emoji scale is also provided to them to rate their feelings about the vice president and former president. There is one interesting aspect: the opinions of the sample were reportedly as diverse as the country, with a shocking number of the students—32 percent—being aware of Trump’s legal issues. And by diverse, I mean a carbon copy of the insanity exhibited by those in blue states translates to the kiddos:
"He's like Hitler."
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 26, 2024
A CNN study of 10 and 11 year-olds found that blue state kids held more polarized and extreme views than red state kids.
Are you surprised? pic.twitter.com/nrOMwB2fT0
Okay, but so what?
Children are impressionable, which is why the voting age is 18. It should go back to 21, but that’s another debate. This isn’t the first time CNN has done this sort of thing. In 2017, they asked third graders how they felt about Trump:
These third-graders are too young to vote, but they have a lot to say about President Trump and politics https://t.co/zwFTwGtvWM pic.twitter.com/ZVbvrgpfs7
— CNN (@CNN) May 21, 2017
Look, some of these kids come off as based, and that’s entertaining. Even in 2017, some kids supported Trump’s push to lower taxes. Yet, right now, Kamala Harris is coming off a rather bad week, filled with polling showing young voters might not turn out, she can’t pull away from Trump with a margin to make Democrats comfortable, and she bombed her softball interview on MSNBC. Something is wrong with this woman, but let's turn to 10-year-olds and how they feel about Trump.
Still, you can appreciate some of the responses:
“I’d be good for us to have a Black woman as president for the first time in history. But my vote’s kinda still on Trump.”
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) September 26, 2024
BRUTAL pic.twitter.com/YQnpURMQDi