President-elect Donald Trump made huge inroads with young voters this past election cycle. Fifty-six percent of young men aged 18-29 voted for Trump this year, a major flip from 2020 when 56% of them voted for Joe Biden. Trump also made inroads with young women, who shifted 11 points toward him compared to four years ago.
While Vice President Kamala Harris ultimately won the majority of voters under 30, she won them by just six points, a quarter of the 24 percentage points Biden had from them four years prior. What can explain this massive shift in support among the youth vote from Democrats to Republicans?
Prices are 20% higher now than when Biden first took office and young people are struggling to build wealth due to the burden of everyday expenses. As inflation continues to outpace wage growth and housing costs skyrocket, it’s no surprise that the economy was the…
