„Both young men and young women moved to the right dramatically,“ he said.
Donald Trump won the 2024 election — and the popular vote — last November by turning out Republican voters and building a more diverse coalition than other Republican presidential candidates in years past.
He also improved his performance with younger voters, a demographic Democrats have long dominated. That was thanks in large part to outreach on social media platforms and in communities targeted with the help of prominent personalities like Charlie Kirk.
„We crushed the youth vote, even Democrats acknowledge it“, Kirk said at an appearance this year at the Cambridge Union in the United Kingdom. „Both young men and young women moved to the right dramatically.“
John Della Volpe, director of polling at Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, who has studied young voters, said Kirk’s organization’s biggest success came with getting Trump and other GOP leaders to buy into his vision.
„Donald Trump is not president today without the support of young men, and Charlie Kirk deserves and deserved credit not just for organizing young men but persuading an older generation to listen and to invest“, he .
Kirk’s name was ubiquitous in focus groups with young voters, he added.
„People recognized that he was able to display an element of strength and masculinity unlike others and what they appreciate was that even though many don’t agree with his positions or rhetoric, they give him credit for showing up and taking questions and free speech“, Della Volpe said.
Kirk expanded on his strategy in an interview with California Gov.
