
<p>Recent findings from a federal survey program known as &#8220;Monitoring the Future&#8221; suggest young boys in the US are becoming increasingly conservative. Surveys from the past three years showed boys in the 12th grade nearly twice as likely to identify ;as conservative than liberal, while roughly 13% consider themselves to be liberal or very liberal.</p>



<p>Conservative behaviors like fiscal responsibility and abstinence from drugs and sex are also on the rise among boys and girls belonging to Generation Z, reports the CDC. </p>



<p>Former President Donald Trump may have something to do with this shift, explains 21-year-old Robert Placios, a student at the Catholic University of America. &#8220;Donald Trump talks like a high school student,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Maybe there&#8217;s some connection there.&#8221;</p>



<p><strong>Trump&#8217;s bold attitude showed young men something that is generally lacking among the progressive crowd: masculinity. </strong></p>



<p>&#8220;If you grew up playing video games that were not age-appropriate, and you were sitting in the [virtual] lobby, screaming at the mic, Trump was your president,&#8221; says Ethan Benn, a 21-year old student at George Washington University. &#8220;He really channeled that energy.&#8221; ;</p>



<p><strong>That energy seems to have had the opposite effect on some female voters. </strong>According to the &#8220;Monitoring the Future&#8221; surveys, the percentage of 12th-grade girls who identify as liberal jumped from 19% in 2012 to 30% in 2022. In the latest survey, just 12% of senior girls marked themselves as conservative. A similar shift was identified in women between the ages of 18 and 29, who are nearly twice as likely than men in this age group to identify as liberal.</p>



<p>Another factor is the Supreme Court&#8217;s 2022 decision to overturn <em>Roe v. Wade</em>, which pushed many young women towards the Democratic Party. </p>



<p>Writing in her new book <em>Generations</em>, San Diego State University Psychology Professor Jean Twenge proclaimed: &#8220;Among liberals, the future is female; and among conservatives, the future is male.&#8221;</p>



<p>As the Democrats continue to celebrate feminism and women&#8217;s rights, it&#8217;s easy to understand why young men would start to see the GOP as a safe haven. </p>



<p>As Heritage Foundation research fellow Delano Squires recently explained, modern-day progressive views don&#8217;t align with traditional masculine notions about society. ;&#8220;I could see male and female students saying, &#8216;I&#8217;m choosing sides.&#8217; Do you want matriarchy, or do you want patriarchy?&#8221; ;</p>



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<p><em>It is important to note that a majority of respondents between the ages of 13 and 21 who participated in the surveys mentioned above did not choose a political affiliation. </em></p>



<p><strong>Sources: </strong></p>



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