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The Hill
15-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Some free commonsense advice for Democrats about winning back men
You don't need a Ph.D. in sociology to know that there is one group in America you can mock, smear and stereotype with impunity — without facing cancelation, outrage or any serious blowback. That group? Men. For years now, we've been told that men suffer from 'toxic masculinity.' We are accused of 'mansplaining,' assumed to be 'racists,' 'sexists' and God knows what else. At some point, 'man' became a four-letter word. I bring this up because Democrats are now planning to spend $20 million trying to win back male voters they lost in 2024. The initiative is called 'SAM' — short for 'Speaking with American Men: A Strategic Plan.' Here's a free tip for the strategists: If you want to win back men, maybe start by telling your cultural allies to stop calling them bigots. Case in point: On 'The View,' host Joy Behar suggested that instead of spending $20 million to win back male voters, Democrats should use the money to teach 'men not to be such sexists.' Imagine if a man had said something like that about women? You can't even tell a lame joke about women drivers anymore without risking cancelation. But label men 'sexists' on national television? That's comedy gold. Then there's the DNC's own website, with its long list of 'Who We Serve.' It includes: African Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Latinos, gay, lesbian and transgender folks, seniors, veterans, union members and women. You get the picture, right? There's a group for everyone — except, curiously, men. Let's get this straight: Democrats want to win back men, but won't even acknowledge them on a list of who they serve? Brilliant strategy. Do men hold power in this country? Sure, some do. But what kind of power does a white, working-class coal miner in West Virginia have — just because he's a man? Or the blue-collar guy living paycheck to paycheck. How is he powerful? Memo to the cultural elite: Not all men are running Fortune 500 companies. A lot of them are just trying to keep the lights on. If Democrats truly want men back in the fold, they might want to stop treating them like a nasty virus nobody wants to get close to. Because right now, it sure doesn't look like men are welcome. Aaron Solis, writing on Medium, nailed it. 'Society — and feminists in particular — have decided it's perfectly acceptable to generalize men, but not women,' he wrote. 'If the roles were reversed, and men created equally negative, subjective terms to generalize women, the backlash would be overwhelming.' That's the kind of insight Democrats could have gotten for free — no need to spend $20 million. Post-elect surveys show that more than half of male voters under 30 backed Trump over Harris. That includes about 60 percent of white male voters, roughly one-third of Black male voters and about half of young Latino men. That's not a fluke. That's a warning sign. Yes, there are many reasons voters switch parties. It's never just one thing. But the way Democratic elites talk about men — the sneering, the stereotyping — definitely plays a role. And until they face up to that, no slick $20 million campaign is going to change the outcome. And if that sounds like 'mansplaining' — too bad! Bernard Goldberg is an Emmy and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University award-winning writer and journalist. He is the author of five books and publishes exclusive weekly columns, audio commentaries and Q&As on his Substack page. Follow him @BernardGoldberg.
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Democrats need to embrace males with affection, not political strategy, NYT columnist argues
New York Times opinion columnist David French suggested the Democratic Party's $20 million effort to address their fallout with male voters might be the wrong approach, arguing that men needed to be embraced with "sincere affection." "Speaking with American Men: A Strategic Plan" is Democrats' $20 million project to "study the syntax, language and content that gains attention and virality in these spaces" of male voters, the Times reported Sunday. Known as "SAM," the study will specifically examine young male voters and how the party can connect with the demographic. Additionally, the study advised rolling out pro-Democrat ads in video games. French acknowledged the Democratic Party's fallout with young male voters, as the voting bloc was instrumental in re-electing President Donald Trump, but argued the party was "getting the challenge of reaching young men backward," because the "manosphere is not about politics." "You can't write a history of the manosphere without acknowledging that it was a response to a genuine crisis," French added. "Slogans like 'the future is female' created the impression that the sexes were in competition, and for women to win, men had to lose." Fetterman Hits Party's Losses Among Young Male Voters: 'Its Undeniable That Democrats Have Lost A Lot' The headline for French's column read, "The Democrats' 20-Million-Dollar-Man Problem." Read On The Fox News App The term "manosphere" has been used to describe podcasters or online personalities that appeal to male listeners and viewers. French also pointed to the American Psychological Association's study from 2019, which deemed traditional masculinity as "harmful." The study described it as being "marked by stoicism, competitiveness, dominance and aggression." The NYT columnist wrote, "The message seemed clear. Men, you don't have a problem; you are the problem." The 2024 election cycle included a push from both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's campaigns to speak to podcasters and other non-traditional media voices. 'The View' Hosts Clash Over Whether Racism, Sexism Played Role In Trump Election Victory The NYT reported that part of the Democrats' push to regain support from young male voters is to "shift from a moralizing tone." "The manosphere succeeded not by refusing to condemn men and not by avoiding a moralizing tone, but by choosing to love them and by choosing to help them," French wrote. French also argued that the "manosphere" has been planting "seeds for its own failure," and Trump's involvement with it means that many men are "doubling down on the worst versions of themselves." Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture French said men needed to be embraced with "sincere affection." "The answer to the manosphere's dark turn is rooted in embracing men with sincere affection, shunning the zero-sum calculus of the gender wars and offering a vision of masculine virtue that inspires men to heroic acts of compassion rather than vicious acts of aggression," French added. "America doesn't need a left-wing version of Joe Rogan. What it needs is our parents, pastors, teachers and coaches to fill the void in young men's hearts. Our sons should not have to turn to books or podcasts or social media to hear this simple and powerful message: I like you. I want you to live a good life. Let me show you how," the New York Times columnist concluded. Fox News' Emma Colton contributed to this article source: Democrats need to embrace males with affection, not political strategy, NYT columnist argues
Fox News
30-05-2025
- General
- Fox News
Democrats need to embrace males with affection, not political strategy, NYT columnist argues
New York Times opinion columnist David French suggested the Democratic Party's $20 million effort to address their fallout with male voters might be the wrong approach, arguing that men needed to be embraced with "sincere affection." "Speaking with American Men: A Strategic Plan" is Democrats' $20 million project to "study the syntax, language and content that gains attention and virality in these spaces" of male voters, the Times reported Sunday. Known as "SAM," the study will specifically examine young male voters and how the party can connect with the demographic. Additionally, the study advised rolling out pro-Democrat ads in video games. French acknowledged the Democratic Party's fallout with young male voters, as the voting bloc was instrumental in re-electing President Donald Trump, but argued the party was "getting the challenge of reaching young men backward," because the "manosphere is not about politics." "You can't write a history of the manosphere without acknowledging that it was a response to a genuine crisis," French added. "Slogans like 'the future is female' created the impression that the sexes were in competition, and for women to win, men had to lose." The headline for French's column read, "The Democrats' 20-Million-Dollar-Man Problem." The term "manosphere" has been used to describe podcasters or online personalities that appeal to male listeners and viewers. French also pointed to the American Psychological Association's study from 2019, which deemed traditional masculinity as "harmful." The study described it as being "marked by stoicism, competitiveness, dominance and aggression." The NYT columnist wrote, "The message seemed clear. Men, you don't have a problem; you are the problem." The 2024 election cycle included a push from both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump's campaigns to speak to podcasters and other non-traditional media voices. The NYT reported that part of the Democrats' push to regain support from young male voters is to "shift from a moralizing tone." "The manosphere succeeded not by refusing to condemn men and not by avoiding a moralizing tone, but by choosing to love them and by choosing to help them," French wrote. French also argued that the "manosphere" has been planting "seeds for its own failure," and Trump's involvement with it means that many men are "doubling down on the worst versions of themselves." French said men needed to be embraced with "sincere affection." "The answer to the manosphere's dark turn is rooted in embracing men with sincere affection, shunning the zero-sum calculus of the gender wars and offering a vision of masculine virtue that inspires men to heroic acts of compassion rather than vicious acts of aggression," French added. "America doesn't need a left-wing version of Joe Rogan. What it needs is our parents, pastors, teachers and coaches to fill the void in young men's hearts. Our sons should not have to turn to books or podcasts or social media to hear this simple and powerful message: I like you. I want you to live a good life. Let me show you how," the New York Times columnist concluded.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Democratic Party scrambles to fix image as members acknowledge party 'lost credibility'
The Democratic Party is continuing to weigh their path forward as some members of the party acknowledge a disconnect on cultural issues and other key voting demographics, The New York Times reported Sunday. "Over a long period of time, our party overdrew our trust account with the American people," Rob Flaherty, a former campaign manager for Kamala Harris, told the NYT. The Times reported that Democrats are still figuring out how to move forward as the party remains unpopular among voters. According to an NBC News poll from March, just 27% of registered voters have a positive view of the Democratic Party, which is the lowest positive rating since 1990. "We are losing support in vast swaths of the country, in rural America, in the Midwest, the places where I'm from," Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., told the outlet. "People that I grew up with who now support Donald Trump, who used to be Democrats. There's no reason why we shouldn't have the support of these folks, other than we have pushed, in so many ways, these people away from our party." Democrats In Retreat, With Voters Saying That The Party Is No Longer A 'Friend Of The Working Class': Report Former DNC chair Jaime Harrison said the Democratic Party needed to figure out how to compete in states "where they're not." Read On The Fox News App The New York Times reported that the party is engaging in one $20 million effort to win back young male voters online. The effort, which is named, "Speaking with American Men: A Strategic Plan," according to the outlet, will "study the syntax, language and content that gains attention and virality in these spaces." "Above all, we must shift from a moralizing tone," the plan says, according to the NYT. Zac McCrary, a Democratic pollster, warned that the Democratic Party's brand is off-putting to many Americans and cautioned against taking the wrong message from any potential success in the 2026 midterms. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture "The 2022 midterms masked the Biden problem," McCray said, referring to former President Joe Biden's age. "A good 2026 midterm — we should not let that mask a deeper problem." He added that the party "lost credibility by being seen as alien on cultural issues." Democrats were told to "embrace patriotism" and "get out of elite circles" earlier this year during a retreat focused on how to regain the working-class vote. Documents first obtained by Politico detailed a "Comeback Retreat" held by the center-left political group Third Way last month that sought "to deliberate on why Democrats are struggling with working-class voters around cultural issues, the nature of the economic trust gap with this critical group and ideas for how to address both problems." The documents, obtained by Fox News Digital, summarized key takeaways from the retreat on why Democrats have a "cultural disconnect" with the working class and why Democrats are "not trusted" when it comes to the economy. Most takeaways focused on Democrats' "faculty lounge" problem of being seen as too judgmental and beholden to their far-left members. "Democrats are often viewed as judgmental, out-of-touch, and dismissive of those without elite education or progressive views," the documents read. "This makes the party seem disconnected from everyday people." Fox News' Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report. Original article source: Democratic Party scrambles to fix image as members acknowledge party 'lost credibility'
