Young Men Are Souring on Donald Trump

[applegrove]

Young Men Are Souring on Donald Trump

May 3, 2026 at 3:58 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 231 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/05/03/young-men-are-souring-on-donald-trump/

The Economist: “In his three runs for office, Mr Trump has always won the male vote and always won overall when his opponent was a woman. A study by Dan Cassino of Fairleigh Dickinson University found that, after voting for Trump in 2024, men actually reported feeling more masculine.”

“Yet his macho magic appears to be fading, especially among young men. In 2024 49% of men aged 18-29 voted for him. Now only 28% approve of him, finds a Harvard/IOP poll. Virile vibes are all very well, but young men have practical concerns, too. They often want to find a job, buy a home, attract a partner and raise a family…”

“The trouble is, homes and families cost money. Mr Trump said he would ‘make America affordable again’ by ending inflation and even making prices fall. Yet his tariffs and war in Iran have had the opposite effect.”

[senseandsensibility]

1. They reported feeling more masculine

After voting for trump?

[Skittles]

2. right?

an out of shape multi-felon draft-dodging rapist seditionist con man - what the ever-loving FUCK

[UpInArms]

3. That made me

also

What the fuk is wrong with male people?

I vote to feel masculine?

[newdeal2]

6. Lot of them have been targeted and brainwashed from a young age

Bannon and others played the long game and got to these people when they were kids.

[Aristus]

4. What was it? The makeup? The hairspray? The standing pose like he's got a golf club up his ass? The chickening out from

military service?

What about any of that is supposed to make someone feel more masculine?

[tanyev]

8. The obsession with window coverings, paint colors and gold colored tchotchkes?

Oh, I know! It must be the Florsheims.

[wcmagumba]

5. Trump is the opposite of masculine. IMO...He's a whiny self centered low IQ beatch...

He's not like a strong feminine either...he's more of a zero sexuality blob...

[senseandsensibility]

7. Really pathetic that they can't

see that for themselves.

[MadameButterfly]

17. I think that is becoming more obvious as he ages and garbles his speech

He used to be able to bloviate with a certain weird charisma. No more. I think the not feeling masculine is about politics or even the economy. Trump just isn't able to fake masculine anymore.

[DBoon]

33. he is a failed male

He knows he will never live up to hid daddy's expectations, so he lashes out at the world.

[ananda]

11. Masculinity "trumps" inelligence and heart.

What a sad state our country is in.

[Bristlecone]

14. A giant WTF for sure.

[Mad_Machine76]

36. Same

[Wounded Bear]

9. Yabbut will they vote accordingly?

Magic Eight Ball says, Prognosis not so good.

[BannonsLiver]

16. That's a good question.

It’s probably unlikely many will fully convert. The next best and most likely outcome is they become disillusioned with the process and stop voting altogether.

[MadameButterfly]

18. So far, despite polls

they keep voting, and they keep voting Republican. It's still a cult.

[BannonsLiver]

28. In what elections?

I’m not aware of any major GOP election wins since 2024. It’s been a steady stream of special election defeats for them since November of that year.

The cult voters are always going to be there. Not sure why in the world you’d ever expect them not to be. Of course, the cult had a lot of help getting him over 270 in 2024, and increasingly those voters are not there. And statistically, younger voters, which is what the OP is talking about, are less likely to vote in mid terms no matter what party they’re affiliated with. That’s been a political law of physics for quite a while now.

[MadameButterfly]

31. An astounding number of Trumps supporters,

the cult members, will follow him to the bottom regardless of what he does.

We are winning elections because of swing voters, who are always who we are vying for. I'm not saying numbers won't get better. Some of young men are swing voters, not completely buried in the cult.

[Boomerproud]

10. It all boils down to the fact that they're starting to be adversely affected by him.

EOM

[MadameButterfly]

19. They were always being adversely affected

But maybe they are just now figuring it out

[pfitz59]

12. Young 'macho' men

lionizing Trump the coward is absurd.

[IronLionZion]

13. Walz, Biden, Obama, had tonic real masculinity, lifting up others

Trump, Vance, Hegseth, etc. have toxic fake masculinity, trying to destroy others. Some people don't know the difference.

[seta1950]

15. It blows my mind

How weak and stupid these people sound, where is the logic one can use ?

[Skittles]

35. yes

it goes WAY beyond "young and impressionable"

[NoMoreRepugs]

20. When Trump Rogan and Kirk are your bedrock I'm not so certain they understand masculinity.

[aggiesal]

21. Stop listening to the ''Manisphere'', they all got it wrong. n/t

[KSNY]

22. It's about putting the woman in her place...

it appeals to insecure men. Trump does it all the time.

[usonian]

23. Media and culture have created an image of masculinity as reckless brutality, rage, destruction and "getting even"

with some designated demon.
It's a lie created to manipulate men into unthinking obedience to some authority figure.

It's projection, casting their feelings of failure, fear and weakness onto others.

That sure beats taking responsibility, caring for others and learning and growing.

Even if it comes at a cost of self-respect, identity, opportunity and fortune.

Job well done

[orleans]

24. those young men are just a bunch of dumbfuck assholes nt

[Blue Owl]

25. When the fuck was this pedophile ever "macho"?

Um, how about NEVER IN HIS GODDAMNED LIFE….

[RockRaven]

26. Years too late to avoid screwing themselves, in some cases for life. Oops!

[Matthew28]

27. We need to develop male pregenancy through womb transplant

and fast! So we can ground these young men!

[tulipsandroses]

29. Turns out liberal tears and owning the libs don't pay the bills huh?

And to think some democrats insisted that we need to coddle these male trump voters after the election in 24. Nope. Most are whiny ass, misogynistic bigoted fools

[Takket]

30. i think it is racism way more than "economic issues" that drives their votes

they just mentioned economic issues because "i hate people that doesn't look like me" is something they don't want to say out loud to a pollster.

well now their racist fantasy has come true. people are being deported to places like South Sudan because trump thinks its funny. blacks are about to be eliminated from congress in the south. but the side effect is everything is more expensive and no one is hiring. and now that the leopard is eating THEIR faces, they are upset.

[kentuck]

32. A little late, huh?

Go back to your cult.

[JI7]

34. DEI is gone but still don't have a job or girlfriend

[Mad_Machine76]

37. Who'd have thunk it?

Racism, bigotry, toxic masculinity, etc. isn't actually all that attractive to most women or employers

[meadowlander]

39. They can always enlist and be "manly men" storming the oil refinery on Kharg Island.

What's that? The sound of a ten million blustering misogynistic online warriors diving back under the sofa in Mom's basement?

[Mariana]

38. Are older men souring on him too?

49% of men 18-29 went for Trump in 2024, but the majority of men 30 and up voted for him. I wonder what those older Trump voters think of him now.