Democrats had counted on young voters flocking to Vice President Kamala Harris, but as Tuesday night went on the party had a rude awakening.
Gen Z did not swing as hard for Harris as Democrats counted on — Harris won voters ages 18 to 29 by just 11 points, way down from President Joe Biden’s 24 points and Hillary Clinton’s 19 points.
President-elect Donald Trump bet hard on young men, including those in their teens and early 20s casting their very first ballot. He appeared on a slew of “bro” podcasts popular with that demographic, among them comedian Theo Von’s “This Past Weekend,” Andrew Schultz’s “Flagrant” podcast, YouTuber Jake Paul’s show, and the country’s most popular podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience,” a three-hour affair.
That strategy paid off — men under 30 voted for Trump over Harris by 2 points. Back in 2020, Biden won the young male vote by…
