There is this weird opinion that unlike the very online, normies are indifferent/apathetic to politics and are just absorbed in their narrow normie lives This is 100% untrue. They’re all powerfully committed to unexamined politics, and their absorption in narrow lives is the most political thing on the planet
I think this is true for the middle and lower middle classes (most of America) but not really the working class. They’re mostly tuned out
Parochial politics are the original (and dominant) arena
some people (me & most of my friends) are aware of their political beliefs and don't follow news & political commentators because they can't swing our POV. e.g., what would need to happen so that instead of supporting biden you support trump? some big watergate-level event that would reach you anyway so why waste time
i dont know. i know lots and lots of normies in their 20s (big city, emerging white collar professionals) and almost none of them give a thought to politics in their day-to-day basically all just genuinely feel that politics is a waste of time, & following the same party as their parents whether or not they realize it