(Hot Air)—Last week PEW published a Party Affiliation Fact Sheet based on a big annual survey it does every year. What the fact sheet shows this year will not be a surprise to anyone who pays any attention to politics. Men, especially young men, have stepped away from the Democratic Party.
Today, Americans are about evenly split between the two parties: 46% identify with or lean toward the Republican Party, and 45% identify with or lean toward the Democratic Party. This balance of partisanship is similar to 2024, but the current near-even division marks a shift from the affiliation advantage the Democratic Party enjoyed a few years ago…
Men in all age groups are now more likely to align with the Republican Party than the Democratic Party. And, consistent with the overall gender gap, women in all age groups are less Republican than men of the same age.
The question of interest to Democrats is why? The Washington Post published a story today taking a stab at answering that.
Young men in swing states say the Democratic Party abandoned them, leaving them feeling helpless in providing for their families as prices rose and jobs evaporated. They felt no sympathy from the left, who they say brushed away their legitimate economic woes by citing their male privilege. They acknowledge historical patriarchy but assert that doesn’t make them invincible in a job market where graduate unemployment is concentrated among men…
“The belief has been that men have it easier in the labor market, and that’s been true to a large extent. But that notion is at odds with the reality right now” for many young men as manufacturing gives way to the information age, said Joshua Doss, senior research manager at HIT Strategies. “They talked about how they’re really watching the economy erode the types of jobs that they were told worked for them.”
While men increasingly feel under the gun, the response from Democrats has been a barely concealed sneer.
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