The Democratic Party is spending $20 million to study young men who have abandoned them in droves. The plan, which involves analyzing online male spaces and language patterns, aims to help the party regain support among young men.
In a recent essay, writer argues that Democrats should learn from Bernie Sanders’ approach to capturing a male audience. With his party in an identity crisis, Sanders has been packing arenas with his “Fighting the Oligarchy” tour and charming hosts of bro-ish podcasts.
The essay claims that if Democrats want to win back young men, they need to acknowledge the country’s problems, provide a plan to fix them, and name an enemy. Some Democrats seem to be on board with this approach, as reported by Peter Savodnik in his Free Press story today.
In contrast, Republican President Donald Trump has expressed frustration with his own party’s tax-and-spending-cut bill, calling it “disgusting” and a “massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill.”
Other news includes the wife and children of a Colorado terrorist attack suspect being arrested and deported by ICE and Homeland Security, warnings from the OECD that the global economy is set to grow at its slowest rate since the pandemic, and Citigroup committing itself to political neutrality.
In other developments, a set of bills aimed at making renewable energy infrastructure harder and more expensive failed in the Texas state legislature, Lee Jae-myung was inaugurated as South Korea’s new president, Climate activist Greta Thunberg is set to sail for Gaza, and the Kennedy Center saw a significant drop in subscription revenue due to changes in its leadership.
A Chinese couple has been charged with smuggling a “dangerous biological pathogen” into the US, while online forums are filled with criticism of Democrats’ attempts to regain support among young men.
Source: https://www.thefp.com/p/how-democrats-lost-men-like-me