Gen Z men are moving away from MAGA in droves, polls show

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gen-z-maga-2026-poll-b2891778.html

40 Comments

  1. southernfirefly13 on

    Now that. Charlie Kirk’s not around to tell the how to think, they can think freely for themselves now

  2. >Economic concerns and growing disenchantment with both parties is draining support for Trump among Gen Z young men,

    They’re insulating their ego by becoming “both sides” dummies because they’re too embarrassed to just admit they were wrong for supporting grifter Republicans. Classic.

  3. SatiesUmbrellaCloset on

    >President Trump’s approval rating stands at 32 percent among 18-to-29-year-olds, and young men preferred Democratic control of Congress by a 12 percent margin, according to the recently released Harvard Youth Poll, which was conducted last month.

    I question whether an old-school pollster (which I presume Harvard to be) can effectively poll a demographic which famously hates answering phone calls

    They explain their methodology at the bottom of [the linked poll results](https://iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/51st-edition-fall-2025), but I can’t make much sense of what ‘KnowledgePanel provides probability-based samples with an “organic” representation of the study population for measurement of public opinions, attitudes, and behaviors’ is supposed to mean

  4. No_Equivalent_8588 on

    The ones finally starting jobs and families are and will continue to feel it in the pocketbook. Here in Indiana, people are realizing America isn’t great again under the current administration and they’re starting to talk about it.

  5. There are not many ardent Trump supporters under 35 getting laid, unless they are massively wealthy or hooking up with other MAGA men on Grindr.

  6. Social media was a mistake. The fact that the youth showed up for this is a testament to that.

  7. No-Independence-6842 on

    Any woman with half a brain wouldn’t date a MAGA guy, so I’m sure that has something to do with it.

  8. They’re not switching sides, they’re just going further right towards Nick Fuentes

  9. “IN DROVES”, I call bullshit. I spoke to my maga cousin the other day, the whole family loves cheeto man. They refuse to look at the epstein files. Like cuz I’ll send you links lol.

  10. The amount of racist and misogynistic jokes my Gen z nephews make is crazy. I honestly think they ran with Trump because it was the cool thing to do. They couldn’t tell me one policy piece from either candidate.

  11. Not true. Speaking from experience most of the same assholes are still in full support they just won’t openly say it. They try to label themselves as something more palatable like libertarian but they still have the same shitty selfish outlooks as before

  12. Who cares?

    The damage is already done. They’re not “fixing” anything. Whether they’re still MAGA or not doesn’t matter. They still did the damage and they’re not going to be part of any solution.

    They’re all dead weight. And guaranteed, they’re going to vote against fixing any of the damage they caused.

  13. beefyboibrandon on

    Ehhh maybe going away from Trump but I think they’re leaning towards Fuentes and other more extreme guys like him.

  14. I’m Gen Z, but I have never given MAGA the benefit of the doubt. Looks like we all learn the hardway. I have to suffer the consequences of the ignorance of others.

  15. More accurately men are moving away from MAGA and towards the America First movement in droves.

  16. Oceanbreeze871 on

    Cool. Thanks for ignoring everyone older who told you voting for him was a mistake.

    Might take you the rest of your adult lives to get back to the progress of December of 2024

  17. These shit heads have just gotten a bit older and want to get laid. They’re still just being as idiotic and selfish as they have been.

  18. Yeah… too late for that shift. Hope you enjoy the hellscape that will be the US for decades to come Gen Z.

  19. I guess they’re finally realizing that hitching their wagon to a Nazi star isn’t helping fix their whole incel problem…?

    Turns out chicks don’t dig christofascists.

  20. Spectre-ElevenThirty on

    As a Gen Z man I’m so tired of watching my peers zig zagging and causing these trends. I was a moderate democrat in 2016, a progressive in 2020 and a democratic socialist in 2024. Republicans have shown us again and again for YEARS who they are and what they want.

  21. Gen Z men *are* moving away from MAGA..

    ..over to things like the AF movement, *not* your side.

    You people are so clueless lmao

  22. AmelaPandersen on

    No jobs, no healthcare, harder to access porn, more extensive electronics, and oh yeah *no pussy whatsoever* might have something to do with it.