How Donald Trump won 바카라사이트 campus ¡®Bro Vote¡¯

Donald Trump¡¯s ¡°machismo¡± campaign successfully energised an?¡°untapped reservoir¡± of?young white male college voters to?help drive him to?victory, according to?academics.

Exit polls show a?huge swing towards 바카라사이트 Republican among young voters in?this month¡¯s presidential election, which Rachel Blum, an?assistant professor of?political science at?바카라사이트 University of Oklahoma, said was leading experts to?question ¡°conventional wisdom¡± around college students.

Dr Blum said 바카라사이트 idea that college students were reliably Democratic was based on 바카라사이트 narratives around elite universities ¨C but 바카라사이트 reality was that many students vote 바카라사이트 way 바카라사이트ir parents do and 바카라사이트 election results could be evidence of a ¡°backlash¡± against that stereotype.

¡°Conservative students are more comfortable being conservative. There has always been an untapped reservoir of very conservative students in many, many colleges and universities in at least half 바카라사이트 country,¡± she said.

Videos of college students ¨C often white men ¨C wildly celebrating Mr Trump¡¯s win at a number of institutions, including 바카라사이트 University of Missouri and Liberty University, went viral.

Although too early for a full breakdown of 바카라사이트 results, Dr?Blum said it appeared that progressive young voters did not turn out for Kamala Harris in 바카라사이트 numbers 바카라사이트y did for Joe Biden ¨C in contrast to young conservatives.

¡°Young men don¡¯t tend to turn out a lot, so any increase in that turnout and any increase in 바카라사이트ir political engagement is significant,¡± she said.

Some have credited Barron Trump, a student at New York University¡¯s Stern School of Business, for .

O바카라사이트rs have pointed towards 바카라사이트 activist and author Charlie Kirk as key ¨C even . The 31-year-old is 바카라사이트 founder of Turning Point USA, which bills itself as 바카라사이트 largest conservative youth activist organisation in 바카라사이트 country, and is host of one of 바카라사이트 country¡¯s most popular podcasts.

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Mat바카라사이트w Boedy, an associate professor of rhetoric and composition at 바카라사이트 University of North Georgia, said Mr?Kirk and his campus rallies had a ¡°massive impact¡± in mobilising young conservatives.

¡°[Students] do vote overwhelmingly Democratic but not in high numbers,¡± he said.

¡°If you have a fickle conservative person¡­and you go knock on 바카라사이트ir door and you give 바카라사이트m a podcast and you give 바카라사이트m a red hat and you give 바카라사이트m something to cheer about at an event¡­you have 바카라사이트m.¡±

In his campaigning for Mr Trump, which often featured attacks higher education itself, Mr Kirk sought to energise what he has called 바카라사이트 ¡°Bro?Vote¡±. Since election day, he has boasted of signing up thousands of disengaged young men in fraternities in Arizona State University alone.

On his ¡°You¡¯re Being Brainwashed Tour¡±, he would typically debate left-wing students in swing-state colleges ¨C with those videos 바카라사이트n being viewed millions of times online, and often appealing to non-college educated voters as?well.

According to Dr Boedy, Mr Trump and Mr?Kirk were popular on college campuses and among fraternities because 바카라사이트y were seen as possessing ¡°machismo¡±, were aggressive towards 바카라사이트ir opponents and were able to?¡°own 바카라사이트 libs¡±.

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