Are Young Men Becoming Conservative?
Or liberal? Do they even care about politics at all?
What the heck is happening with young men? To read many informed observers on the subject is to experience whiplash.
A new report, “The State of American Men 2023: From Confusion and Crisis to Hope,” found that more than half of young men believe men have a harder time in America today than women. The report also revealed considerable ambivalence about the influence of feminism, particularly among Gen Z men.
Jean Twenge’s book, Generations, shows 12th grade boys becoming much more conservative, jumping about 20 points over the last couple of decades.
A recent Atlantic article by Lyman Stone and Brad Wilcox suggests that single men are slightly more conservative than they once were.
Offering a rebuttal, Matthew Yglesias notes that young men demonstrated strong Democratic commitments in the recent midterm election. Citing Catalist data, he shows that nearly 60 percent of young men voted Democratic in 2022. Young men may vote less Democratic than young women, but these findings are not …
