Young voters moving ot the right
A new survey from the Yale Youth Poll has revealed a stunning generational divide in American politics — and a particularly brutal blow for former Vice President Kamala Harris among the youngest male voters.
According to the poll, conducted in early April and released this week, 18–21 year-old men now hold a net positive favorability toward President Donald Trump (+7), while Harris has plummeted to a staggering negative favorability of -48. That’s a 55-point gap between the two political figures, a number almost unheard of in modern polling.
The poll, conducted by an undergraduate-led research project at Yale University, surveyed 4,100 registered voters, including an oversample of 2,025 voters aged 18–29. It measured attitudes on a wide range of issues from immigration to free speech, and included various message tests to assess how voters respond to different political framings.
But the most striking revelation came in the breakdown by age. While voters aged 22–29 favored Democrats by 6.4 points on the generic congressional ballot, those aged 18–21 went the other direction — backing Republicans by a double-digit margin of 11.7 points. That represents a significant generational rift within Gen Z itself.
Political analysts are taking note. And it isn’t just the favorability scores. On nearly every cultural flashpoint tested in the survey, 18–21 year-olds held more conservative views than their slightly older peers.
They were more skeptical of gender transition treatments for teens, more supportive of standardized testing in college admissions, and more likely to back harsh sentencing policies to reduce crime. While a slim majority of all voters opposed transition treatment for teens 13–17, younger men were particularly opposed.
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They are not in the gender dysphoria group who want to pretend that they are women. While I like women, I have never wanted to be one. It is best to know who you are and make the best of it. You will wind up being happier and healthier. We need both genders to survive in this world.
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