The Great Gen Z Dividing Line

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The Great Gen Z Dividing Line

May 19, 2026 at 11:50 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 122 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2026/05/19/the-great-gen-z-dividing-line/

Faith Hill: “Journalists and political commentators keep speculating and debating: Will the young men who moved rightward crawl back in the other direction?”

“That may depend, it turns out, on whether you’re talking about young men—or even younger men. The spring 2026 Yale Youth Poll, released last month, found that a majority of respondents—and roughly 70 percent of the young adults—disapproved of Trump. Even with men under 30, the president lost ground compared with Yale’s fall 2025 poll.”

“But the data also revealed a dividing line: Among 23-to-29-year-old men, support for Democrats increased by 14 percentage points. Among 18-to-22-year-old men, it fell by a percentage point—even while their approval of Trump declined somewhat.”

[Walleye]

1. Republicans are the party of butt-hurt boys.

[Celerity]

2. The full article

Meet ‘Little Gen Z’

They’re angstier, less trusting, and even more anti-establishment.

By Faith Hill

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2026/05/little-gen-z-midterm-election-trump/687190/

https://archive.ph/ugElm

[W_HAMILTON]

3. So the dividing line is between those that just got screwed by Trump's student loan repayment plans...

...and those that are still college age and haven't had to pay any back just yet -- got it!

[LR3]

4. Huh. Just amazing that Chuck Schumer and the other septuagenarians

that just want to go back to the status quo don't inspire 18-22 year old men.

[GenThePerservering]

5. They don't inspire other septuagenarians, either

at least this one.

[hedda_foil]

6. No wonder the young women are rejecting these dumbass losers.