Trump's key to victory in the U.S. election? Men who hate politics
CBC
Why would Donald Trump devote valuable campaign time to talking with podcast hosts about cocaine benders, golf swings and boxing legends?
The strategy driving this is no secret. Trump's campaign has acknowledged what it sees as a key to victory on Nov. 5: Turning out politically apathetic men.
His team believes there's a goldmine of votes to be tapped among men, especially young men, who dislike politicians and aren't keen on voting. But if they do happen to cast a ballot, they'd prefer Trump.
Reaching these men is step one. Trump's campaign co-manager shed light on this during the Republican summer convention. Chris LaCivita lamented the low turnout levels among gun-owners, and talked about scolding his own hunting buddies for not voting.
"What the hell are you doing?" LaCivita said, referring to his friends. "You've gotta show up."
The math here is simple: Most polls show Trump with a solid lead among male voters, while trailing badly among women. Some polls, though not all, even show him gaining ground among young men. If he turns out more men, the thinking goes, it could clinch a close election.
It's a concern weighing on Democrats.
At party headquarters in one North Carolina county, volunteers marvelled at the explosion in enthusiasm since Kamala Harris entered the race, with exponentially more people now knocking doors and making calls.
But there's a caveat. During a break from phone-banking, one woman remarked that most volunteers looked like her: female professionals, middle aged and older.
"There's been a lot of influx of, sort of, my demographic of volunteers," said Jane Brody, a commercial realtor in Buncombe County, N.C.
"I think we need all different kinds of volunteers. Young people, men, veterans."
She's struggling to understand why Trump may be appealing to more young male voters than he did in 2020. After all, she says, they tell pollsters they also care about abortion rights, as boyfriends, husbands and brothers.
On a college campus a couple of hours east, a young conservative activist insists there's more support for Trump's ideas here than most realize.
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