Journalist tells CNN the Democrats' advantage with young men is 'completely gone'

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Puck News journalist Peter Hamby said Thursday that Democrats' advantage with young men is "completely gone" as former President Trump is successfully appealing to Gen Z with his "macho brand."

CNN anchor Dana Bash hosted a segment focused on the gender gap, with men supporting Trump and women supporting Vice President Kamala Harris. She made special mention of a piece from Hamby, "The Swift Rogan election," noting this phenomenon.

"Can anyone name a Democrat who can go into the media spaces where Trump is popular-the Nelk Boys, Theo Von, Joe Rogan-and make the case for Harris? Bernie Sanders has done several of them, but it hasn’t moved the needle," Hamby wrote in a quote highlighted by Bash. "Walz himself could appear on ’New Heights’ with the Kelce brothers or ‘Pardon My Take’ to talk football… But again, I don’t see how that changes the Gen Z bro vote in a meaningful way at this point."

Hamby argued that Democratic candidates have previously been able to retain young voters across the board, but Harris' loss of young male voters compared to her predecessors speaks volumes.

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"The Gen Z men vote is kind of unrecoverable at this point," he said on CNN. "So ABC News/Washington Post had a poll last weekend that sorta tracks with some other data I’ve seen. Harris is winning young