As Kamala Harris gains traction with women on issues like abortion, there’s an increasing opportunity for a candidate to address the concerns of boys and men, which the Trump-Vance ticket would be wise to seize this chance ahead of the November election. While Trump is already favored by the majority of men in key swing states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, this advantage is tempered by the fact that men, in recent elections, turn out to vote in lower numbers than women. To overcome this, Trump could galvanize a larger male voter turnout by proposing targeted policies and addressing the significant challenges boys and men face, which are often overlooked.
When it comes to higher education, long seen as a crucial path to upward mobility, men are now falling behind. The gender gap in undergraduate enrollment, which Title IX helped address in the past, has reversed. Today, it’s men who aren’t enrolling or graduating at the same rate. The national average for the freshman class of 2021 was 58% women and 42% men. Economic prospects for men are also quite alarming, with 7.2 million men of prime working age (24-58) having dropped out of the workforce entirely. Men also account for the overwhelming majority of victims from suicide and drug overdoses — two of the most important public health crises in the country. While many on the Left advocate for criminal justice reform, they often overlook the fact that these issues disproportionately affect men. In the U.S., men are twice as likely to be sentenced to prison after a conviction compared to women and receive sentences that are, on average, 63% longer for similar offenses.
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