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Young Men Who Elected Trump Just Realized They Screwed Up
Young Men Who Elected Trump Just Realized They Screwed Up

Yahoo

time01-07-2025

  • Politics
  • Yahoo

Young Men Who Elected Trump Just Realized They Screwed Up

The young men who helped get Donald Trump back into the White House are now realizing they made a massive mistake, according to a Harvard polling expert. John Della Volpe, director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, told Joanna Coles on Tuesday's episode of the Daily Beast Podcast that 'they are turning against him,' referring specifically to young men aged between 18 and 29 years old. 'More younger people are concerned that Donald Trump is doing more harm to them than good. OK. That's essentially what the report card looks like,' he told the Beast's chief content officer. During the 2024 election, Trump won narrow margins in key battleground states after making an outreach to disaffected young men, using right-wing influencers and anti-woke rhetoric to secure their votes. 'I believe younger people were responsible for putting Donald Trump in office to start with, specifically younger men,' Della Volpe said. However, he also suggested that these voters feel they have seen no return on the campaign promises made by Trump regarding the economy and other domestic concerns. 'Younger people are quickly asking important questions like, 'I thought this was going to improve my economic standing. What about me?'' said Della Volpe, who advised Joe Biden during his 2020 election campaign and worked with a PAC that tried to rally support for Kamala Harris in 2024. The economy has gyrated wildly under Trump, and his 'Liberation Day' tariffs in April has seen the cost of imports to the U.S. surge, with the price being kicked down to the consumer. Coles said that she was 'amazed' that this group didn't draw conclusions from Trump's first term, from 2017 2021. Della Volpe said that the 18-24-year-old subsection of the young voter group only saw Trump as president during the beginning of the pandemic and, therefore, couldn't make a fully informed call on his abilities—or lack of. 'People in their later twenties and early thirties who do have that memory of Trump 1 were more likely to support Democrats, right? So what they're concerned about is honestly the same thing all of us are concerned about,' Della Volpe added. 'It is asking for, demanding, some stability in their lives, specifically related to economics and finances. It's really all about that. But I do think that younger people, just, you know, they have a different lens.' Younger men specifically were drawn to Trump's macho persona, Della Volpe later added. 'They were looking for Donald Trump as someone who wasn't defending the institutions, but someone who could use his strength to advocate for people who were economically anxious,' he explained. 'It was really about the strength of his persona, I think, different than some specific policies. That was what was attractive specifically around younger men.' But after six turbulent months in the hot seat, young people are 'clearly overwhelmingly dissatisfied,' the pollster added. 'His approval ratings among younger people are in the 30s,' he said. A report from Della Volpe's team in late April found that more than four in 10 young Americans under 30 say they're 'barely getting by' financially. Fewer than one-third approved of President Trump. Trump's popularity during the 2024 election campaign surged among young Latino men. Harvard's polling found that 52 percent of young Hispanics are still 'struggling to make ends meet or get by with limited financial security,' significantly higher than their white (38 percent) or Black (45 percent) peers.

Just 17% of Americans under 30 feel they have deep social connections, new Harvard survey shows
Just 17% of Americans under 30 feel they have deep social connections, new Harvard survey shows

CNBC

time25-04-2025

  • Health
  • CNBC

Just 17% of Americans under 30 feel they have deep social connections, new Harvard survey shows

America has a loneliness problem, and it's affecting younger generations at alarming rates. Just 17% of U.S. adults under the age of 30 report feeling "deeply connected to at least one community," according to a recent poll from The Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School. The survey polled 2,096 Americans throughout the country between the ages of 18 and 29 years old. Less than half of young Americans polled feel that they have a sense of community anywhere. And almost 1 in 3 are still searching for a sense of belonging or feel they just don't have one. The cause of this loneliness epidemic isn't easy to pinpoint, experts say. Some people blame social media for the high levels of isolation, and others believe it's a systemic issue and has more to do with concerns about the state of the future. "This is a generation that's weathered pandemic isolation during formative years, entered an unstable economy, and faced skyrocketing housing and education costs — all while being told they're not resilient enough," said John Della Volpe, the director of polling at the Institute of Politics, in the survey's release. Although the source of the problem isn't obvious, experts like Kasley Killam, a Harvard-trained social scientist, are offering solutions on how to increase feelings of social connectedness. In Killam's "The Art and Science of Connection," she suggests the 5-3-1 guideline, a research-backed method for maintaining social fitness. Similar to getting your 10,000 steps in for physical fitness, here's how you can practice Killam's social workout plan. "The 5-3-1 guideline is meant to be like a reference point for people," Killam told CNBC Make It in June of 2024. To follow the guideline, you should: "Those numbers might be high or low for a given person," Killam said. "But in general, drawing from the research on the amount of time and amount of relationships that people have who are really thriving, that's a great starting point." A popular Harvard study, that's still ongoing, has spent the past 87 years tracking the health records of more than 700 participants to determine what leads to a long, happy life. The No. 1 thing the study found was that the happiest people who live the longest have positive relationships and maintain social fitness. Social fitness involves fostering healthy personal relationships that are balanced, according to Marc Schulz and Robert Waldinger, directors of the Harvard Study of Adult Development. Schulz and Waldinger suggest having different friends for different things. Ideally, aim to have someone, or more than one person, that can help you strengthen each of these areas: And don't let fear stop you from putting yourself out there to get closer to the people in your life or meet new people, they suggested in an article they wrote for Make It in February of 2023. "Whether it's a thoughtful question or a moment of devoted attention, it's never too late to deepen the connections that matter to you."

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