Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Young People Are Now Overwhelmingly Republican

Young Americans are supporting the Republican Party in greater numbers, a new poll has found, highlighting a large divide among people aged under 30.

Posted by LampLighter at 12:15 PM | 51 COMMENTS | permalink

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... According to a new Yale Youth Poll, a survey affiliated with the Yale Institution for Social and Political Studies, voters aged 18 to 21 lean Republican by 11.7 points when asked who they would support in the 2026 Congressional elections, while voters aged 22 to 29 favored Democrats by 6.4 points.

Why It Matters

Young people traditionally vote for Democrats in elections, but a conservative shift among Gen Z voters helped President Donald Trump secure the keys to the White House in November 2024. If this trend is sustained, partisan realignment could hamper the Democrat's chance of success in future elections and bolster the Republicans instead, reshaping American politics. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-16 12:16 PM

They are frustrated with Dems doing nothing and, even though Republicans are worse, at least they pretend to care and give them some bogeymen to blame (ie immigrants, LGTBQ, terrorists, and Dems).

Dems are lost. The country is lost. And Dems won't change because they are too beholden to corporate donors, old politicians, and terrible messaging.

Even Harris, that idiot, changed her messaging in September away from attacking Corporate America to protect her donors.

I've given up on the country and am now just enjoying watching it go down in flames.

#2 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-04-16 12:20 PM

Young people are overwhelmingly stupid today if they think republicans care about young people other than their vote.

#3 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-16 01:11 PM

Young people are overwhelmingly stupid today if they think republicans care about young people other than their vote.
#3 | Posted by donnerboy

Democrats clearly don't and don't even try. So they go wherever at least makes them promises.

#4 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-04-16 01:45 PM

@#2 ... Dems are lost. The country is lost. And Dems won't change because they are too beholden to corporate donors, old politicians, and terrible messaging. ...

In some respects, it is looking to me like the Democrats are starting to wake up.

At the local and state levels the old guard looks to be out, and a younger generation seems to be stepping in.

Will the 2026 elections show the results of this awakening?

Or will the Democrats just fall back to sleep?

Time will tell.


#5 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-16 02:03 PM

"Dems are lost. The country is lost."

You're thinking of Kilmar.

Lost, on purpose, by Republicans.

#6 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-16 02:07 PM

"Meanwhile, recent AtlasIntel polling showed Trump's approval rating among 18" to 29-year-olds had climbed to 52.7 percent in February."

4,100 Yale students, ie members of the 1%.

From the other Newsweek AtlasIntel polling link: "Among 364 respondents aged 18-29, the poll shows that Trump has an approval rating of 52.7 percent, with 47.3 percent disapproving. This gives the president a net approval rating of plus 5.4 percentage points among Gen Z."

364 people are the evidence for this Newsweek assertion.

I wonder how they feel since Independence Day?

#7 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-04-16 02:14 PM

There's a corresponding increase in "religious" (fundamentalist fervor of a specific flavor that caters to men dominating women) that's extremely "hot" among young males these days.

I say that because I found the poll and there are no published cross-tabs. There is no breakdown of those polled by sex or gender. It's hard to draw any conclusions other than Vance is really, really, really, hated and Trump is really, really hated.

I wish there was more information.

#8 | Posted by YAV at 2025-04-16 02:22 PM

I meant Liberation Day, derp. Independence Day is a fever dream.

#9 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-04-16 03:40 PM

-It's hard to draw any conclusions other than Vance is really, really, really, hated and Trump is really, really hated.

It found that Vice President JD Vance was the most popular figure among Republicans with a net favorability rating of +65 overall and +54 among Republican voters under the age of 30. Over 53 percent of Republicans would support Vance if he stood in the 2028 GOP primary, the poll found.

#10 | Posted by eberly at 2025-04-16 04:07 PM

@#10 ... It found that Vice President JD Vance was the most popular figure among Republicans ...

Among those youth polled in that poll.

More generally...

J.D. Vance: Favorable/Unfavorable
www.realclearpolling.com

...
RCP Average 3/6 - 4/15
Favorable: 41.9
Unfavorable: 46.6
...

#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-16 04:35 PM

""Meanwhile, recent AtlasIntel polling showed Trump's approval rating among 18" to 29-year-olds had climbed to 52.7 percent in February."
4,100 Yale students, ie members of the 1%.
#7 | Posted by redlightrobot"

Weren't you -------- arguing the other day that MAGA is uneducated - now, you are -------- on Yale students because they aren't backing more of your liberal nonsense?

#12 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-16 07:39 PM

@#12 ... that MAGA is uneducated ...

What percentage of all of MAGA is Yale students?


#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-16 08:18 PM

Idiocy of youth.

#14 | Posted by jpw at 2025-04-16 08:22 PM

@#14 ... Idiocy of youth. ...

Yea, that's what the MAGA folk seemed to have said about the younger generation(s).

That is, until those younger folk started to support MAGA.


Go figure.

#15 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-16 08:29 PM

Polls like this are meaningless.

#16 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-04-16 09:04 PM

Class warfare worked. Identity politics didn't.

All dems have to do is say "Living Wage" and "Medicare for All" and they would win. But they will never let that happen. Look what they did to Bernie. Seth Rich died for you!

Under Trump they get tariffs and no illegal immigration, and that means domestic jobs. Also, white heterosexual men don't buy into woke bs, and are tired of being told that everything about them is evil.

#17 | Posted by HeliumRat at 2025-04-16 09:20 PM

MAGA is identity politics.

#18 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-16 09:24 PM

Heliumrat mansplaining about white guys to ... other white guys. Weird.

#19 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-04-16 09:25 PM

#18 | Posted by snoofy

Yeah, 72% of American Indians did vote for Trump....

#20 | Posted by HeliumRat at 2025-04-16 09:45 PM

"All dems have to do is say "Living Wage" and "Medicare for All" and they would win.
#17 | Posted by HeliumRat"

They cannot state those things and fight to keep an open border - even the -------- in the Democrat party know that would bankrupt the nation.

#21 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-16 10:59 PM

@#20 ... Yeah, 72% of American Indians did vote for Trump.... ...

Polls Suggest That Native Americans Voted For Trump. The Truth May Be More Complex. (November 19, 2024)
www.yahoo.com

... An exit poll conducted by Edison Research in the wake of the 2024 Presidential Election indicated that 65 percent of American Indians voted for Donald Trump. The poll, circulated by various national news organizations, and widely cited through NBC News' exit poll page, sparked intense discussion, becoming fodder for right-wing talking heads to point to a surge of Native American support of Trump across the country.

The data, however, paints far from a complete picture. American Indians represented only one percent of the total voters surveyed, meaning that less than 300 self-identified Native American individuals were counted to represent the approximately 3.1 million registered Native American voters in the United States.

Notably, according to Native News Online, none of the exit poll locations were conducted on Tribal land. ...


#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-16 11:11 PM

@#21 ... They cannot state those things and fight to keep an open border - even the -------- in the Democrat party know that would bankrupt the nation. ...

Got links?

#23 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-16 11:12 PM

"than 300 self-identified Native American individuals were counted to represent the approximately 3.1 million registered Native American voters in the United States.
#22 | Posted by LampLighter"

Yeah - it is called sampling -------. So, now the Dems have problems with reality and statistics.

#24 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-16 11:29 PM

Dems alienate voters by skewing too far left and insult those that don't agree with them.

Poll comes out saying more young people a supporting the R part.

Dems reaction, call them stupid and uneducated.

Sounds like a winning strategy.

#25 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2025-04-17 09:39 AM

Alot of is caused by the Dem's ------ policies. That is what's driving most of young males away from Dem's.

#26 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-04-17 09:43 AM

insult those that don't agree with them.

#25 | POSTED BY KWRX25

People with no loyalty to American values deserve contempt.

You're a Trump supporter.

#27 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-17 09:44 AM

Dem's ------ policies.

#26 | POSTED BY FORTFISHER

You think that closet protects you?>

#28 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-17 09:45 AM

call them stupid and uneducated.

#25 | POSTED BY KWRX25

MAGA anti-vaxxers?

Darwin handles you people.

#29 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-17 09:47 AM

ooooH Are you being a bad ass again Zed?

#30 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-04-17 09:48 AM

#25 | POSTED BY KWRX25

What's this fetish you people have with demanding respect without the chore of earning it?

#31 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-17 09:49 AM

ooooH

#30 | POSTED BY FORTFISHER

Sounds gay.

#32 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-17 09:50 AM

insult those that don't agree with them.

#25 | POSTED BY KWRX25

This is really quite strange----

Maybe take a political position that doesn't threaten American liberties, American security, or the American economy.

#33 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-17 09:56 AM

Sounds more like your daughter when I give her some.

#34 | Posted by fortfisher at 2025-04-17 09:57 AM

insult those that don't agree with them.

#25 | POSTED BY KWRX25

Not so much strange as funny in a sick way.

#35 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-17 09:58 AM

insult those that don't agree with them

MAGA berserkers ransacked DC because the orange pedo lost an election.

#36 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-04-17 09:58 AM

Another BS thread.

#37 | Posted by a_monson at 2025-04-17 10:02 AM

"insult those that don't agree with them"

Fox News motto? Fair and balanced insults!

How dare Dems ever insult anyone! That's a maga maroons speciality.

Only maga maroons are allowed to insult and demean those who don't agree with them!

In fact if you don't agree with them now you will be labeled a "homegrown" and can end up black bagged and tagged and deported to a foreign prison.

#38 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-17 10:58 AM

What's this fetish you people have with demanding respect without the chore of earning it?

#31 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-17 09:49 AM | Reply | Flag:
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there's a winning platform for the midterms...

maybe hand out buttons with "Earn my respect" on them

I'm sure the candidate behind that will do well at the polls.

#39 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2025-04-17 02:54 PM

President's approval ratings sink to new low as he breaks his own record

Read more at:
economictimes.indiatimes.com

#40 | Posted by Corky at 2025-04-17 02:59 PM

there's a winning platform for the midterms...

The best strategy for the midterms is for people like you to ignore the damage that Trump and Republicans are doing to America because democrats support transgender people.

I mean, you gotta draw the line somewhere, right?

#41 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-17 03:11 PM

I'm sure the candidate behind that will do well at the polls.

#39 | POSTED BY KWRX25

It's gonna be great fun watching the Mad King floundering and bumbling about when republicans lose control of the House in the mid terms.

And your maga tears will be so delicious.

#42 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-17 03:15 PM

There's something about chickens and hatching I believe everybody needs to remember.

2026 is a long way from now and there's a lot that Trump and Republicans can accomplish before then.

#43 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-17 03:20 PM

maybe hand out buttons with "Earn my respect" on them

I'm sure the candidate behind that will do well at the polls.

#39 | POSTED BY KWRX25

If you're a Nazi then you're a Nazi and you don't care about no stinking buttons or polls.

No, man. I'm not going to respect any fascist. You're the enemy. You've gone a long way to make sure of that.

#44 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-17 04:00 PM

God damn you're unhinged

#45 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2025-04-17 06:52 PM

March 21, 2009 I knew this would come someday.

"Politics is like a big pendulum. Oftentimes, politics is simply responding to the current problems of the day.
The US will follow more liberal concepts until "we" are tired of that and we want more conservative values to dominate Washington."

Posted by BillJohnson at 2009-03-21 12:09 PM

Much of the problems we face today were caused by liberalism. Too permissive. Too quick to tear down traditions without understanding why they exist. Too willing to trade self-discipline for indulgence, responsibility for victimhood, unity for identity politics and enabling the very worst of human nature.

We were told it was progress but they lied.

When people can no longer speak freely without fear, when institutions meant to educate instead indoctrinate, when crime rises without consequences, when families crumble and no one dares address the root of the problem, that's when the pendulum begins to swing back.

#46 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2025-04-17 07:02 PM

46 | POSTED BY BILLJOHNSON

The problem with you, BILL, and the problem with your viewpoints, is that you mindlessly support the destruction of the US Constitution while at the same time weirdly insisting how much you love it.

You're not crazy. You're perverse. That's worse.

#47 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-17 07:08 PM

institutions meant to educate instead indoctrinate,

#46 | POSTED BY BILLJOHNSON

Never seen this. NEVER.

Because it only exists in your wee mind.

#48 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-17 07:10 PM

enabling the very worst of human nature.

#46 | POSTED BY BILLJOHNSON

Donald Trump is sending US citizens to El Salvador without trial.

Loose a plank, BILL? Look in your eye.

#49 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-17 07:11 PM

This really isn't surprising. On 80/20 issues Dems keep taking the 20.

Zed, you are clinically insane. Have a family member take you to see a therapist.

#50 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-17 07:19 PM

Young people are overwhelmingly stupid today

#3 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-16 01:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

This is the DNC strategy in a nutshell.

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