'Resentment and detachment': Young men who elected Trump 'are turning against him'

Younger male voters who helped put President Donald Trump back in the White House were realizing their epic blunder only four months into the president’s second term, says one surveyor.

“They’re turning against him,” polling director John Della Volpe told Joanna Coles on Tuesday’s episode of the Daily Beast Podcast, referring to men between ages 18 and 29.

An April report discovered more than four in 10 young Americans under 30 saying they’re “barely getting by” financially. And fewer than one-third approved of Trump.

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“They were looking for Donald Trump as someone who wasn’t defending the institutions, but someone who could use his strength to advocate for people who were economically anxious,” said Della Volpe. “… It was really about the strength of his persona, I think, different than some specific policies. That was what was attractive specifically around younger men.”

But then came the choppy months of economic upheaval through Trump’s unilateral tariffs, which raised prices and slowed new job hires. Now Della Volpe says Trump’s approval rating among younger people is “in the 30s.”

This is the same group that also feels a broken sense of community, according to survey information, with just one in five (18 percent) feeling “a strong sense of community anywhere." Only 17 percent of respondents reported a deep social connection, and Della Volpe suggests Trump was able to capitalize on their resentment and detachment with the help of right-wing influencers and Trump’s own pro-white rhetoric, which nabbed him narrow margins in key battleground states among disaffected young men.

“[Y]ounger people were responsible for putting Donald Trump in office to start with, specifically younger men,” Della Volpe told Coles, but that initial enthusiasm has melted. Among those who report being in the most vulnerable financial position (struggling or getting by with limited security), only 18% think believe President Trump's policies will help their finances over the next few years.

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“Younger people are quickly asking important questions like, ‘I thought this was going to improve my economic standing. What about me?’” said Della Volpe, who worked for a PAC for Kamala Harris in 2024.

Read the full Daily Beast report and see the podcast at this link.