Perhaps my favorite headline from the DNC was Dana Bash of CNN noting the obvious “low-t” character of leading Democratic males figures starting with Tim Walz and Doug Emhoff:
Democrats are trying to appeal to men who might not be as masculine as their Republican counterparts, Bash said.
“But they are doing so in trying to put forward male figures, Tim Walz being one of them, Doug Emhoff last night, who can speak to men out there who might not be the sort of testosterone-laden, y’know, gun-toting kind of guy who wants to listen to Hulk Hogan and the kind of players that came out at the RNC or might want to listen to that.”
Or try this from a Fairleigh-Dickinson poll:
Harris is also helped by strong support among the slightly less than half of men who reject traditionally masculine identities. Trump’s strongest support is among men who hold traditionally masculine identities, while women and other men strongly favor Harris.
“Trump has built his political career around a very specific performance of whiteness and masculinity,” said Dan Cassino, a professor of Government and Politics at Fairleigh Dickinson, and the Executive Director of the poll.
This is a reprise of 2016, of course. And it seems young men in particular are noticing that the Democratic Party really doesn’t like them or want them. Therefore:
And here is the reciprocal of the problem:
Chaser—from TWiP:
Chaser 2—Not sure what to make of these data:
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