I can say that it is both

Nah, op clearly meant present day Italians, the comment you are replying to is not a straw man

Replied to the other person about this!

The most likely reason is that most of the young people did not vote, leaving the vote to old people and middle aged ones.

Though, by living in the south, I may have a different view of it, as most politicians hate our southern asses, including the meloni

Edit: so, excluding most younger people, it leaves most of the northerns individuals ( who usually have more money invested in their infrastructure by governments ) and old people who are likely to vote for her. But it is still weird as literally anyone I talk to, not friends, just random people,vsay that they have not voted for her, even including some oldies that I know personally

Edit 2: no but like seriously, literally no one likes her, especially after the shitshow she has been making with the bonuses

Damn, you must not live there, even in the south, were people are mostly ignorant, all I hear is complains about giorgia meloni and how shitty her government is 🥶🙏