After helping Trump to victory in 2024, young voters swung decisively toward Democrats, helping deliver a wave of midterm victories
The 2026 blue tsunami owes a lot to the youth vote.
According to data from Tufts University’s Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (Circle), which monitors youth civic engagement, early estimates show the second-highest youth turnout in a midterm election in 30 years, second only to 2018, when an estimated 31% of young voters turned out during Donald Trump’s first presidency.
While voters over 45 were roughly split between parties, voters ages 18-29 went for congressional Democrats at a 35-point edge, across race, gender, ethnicity, and education levels. Latino youth went for Trump by slim majorities in 2024; this year, they voted Democrat by margins of +10 to +15. 63% of young white men went for Trump in 2024; this cycle, 54% voted Dem. White young women also switched allegiance from 2024 by +15. Rural voters went from 50% voting for Trump in 2024 to 60% supporting Democratic candidates.
Because those are the four people interviewed in the article. I’m not sure if you didn’t look at the article, or that you’re trying to imply that men are being under-represented in political discussion.
No, I read it. It seems to be implying that young women only made the difference. Those pics are implying something. Trump losing young men is kind of huge.