One of the most fascinating aspects of the 2024 election was seeing how heavily men of all races swung to Trump and Republicans. It’s such a serious issue for Democrats that they’re planning to spend upwards of $20 million to ‘study’ men and find out where they went wrong.
Poll analyst Nate Silver apparently got into this topic in a recent post on his Substack. It’s behind a paywall, but here are a few interesting points. The divide is due in part to mental health issues. The right is winning that battle.
A recent comment from Joy Behar of The View perfectly illustrates another reason Democrats are having this problem. They come off as scolding hags.
From Breitbart News (emphasis is mine):
Co-host Sara Haines said, “I think it’s the wrong way to go about the problem, because the Democrats are asking how do we get male voters? The disillusionment of men is how do we care better about our men and boys, it should be about how we solve the root problems that drove men to feel like they had nowhere to go.”Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said, “The most common thing I hear from men who were open to supporting Trump, they feel like they want to be able to provide for the future and build wealth and don’t want to be ashamed they want to provide and want to have money. Then they do see these statistics of how men are falling behind and want to be able to highlight it and talk about it but not be pushed back that you’re saying, oh, well, you’re excluding girls and women if you want to advance men.”Behar said, “You wonder what I think? I think it’s a waste of money. Maybe these guys should spend their money on teaching men to not be such sexists. Maybe that’s it.”
Tim Walz, who was supposed to be the Democrats’ secret weapon with male voters, is equally clueless.
From The Hill:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) argued in a recent podcast appearance that part of President Trump’s strength lies in his ability to foster a sense of community, especially among young men.“Social media and other things have disconnected people more than they were,” Walz said in the episode posted Thursday. “We were more connected in my generation. It was easier to be a kid when I was growing up. And I’ve always said this, as a teacher: If you don’t give a kid a place to belong, they’ll go find one.”“I think Donald Trump understands belonging, understands groups,” he added. “I mean, look at it. He gives them a uniform, the red hat. He gives them some chance. … It’s not all that different from when we build sports teams in high schools.”…“I’m proud to say, it looks like as of next Tuesday, I’m going to have a high school graduate with my son Gus,” Walz said. “And he’s pretty in tune to this. … He said, ‘Dad, a lot of these young guys … they’re not voting on the policy issues. … They’re doing it because there’s a sense of excitement, a sense of thrill in this.’ It’s entertainment, or whatever.”
This is extraordinarily dumb:
The worst part for Democrats is that this is a problem that has the potential to be generational. The people they are allowing to speak for them on the issue are certainly not helping either.
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