CNN’s Smerconish: ‘Time for Democrats to Man Up’

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>> So call 1-800-600-9012 one. Now.
>> Time for. Democrats to man up. I‘m Michael Smerconish today.
>> In.
>> Washington, D.C. something. Remarkable happened in 2024.
>> That Democrats.
>> Still haven‘t figured out how to fix.
>> Young men.
>> Once.
>> A key part of their coalition.
>> They bailed. And they didn‘t just.
>> Stay home.
>> They went. To Donald Trump.
>> In fact, CNN exit.
>> Polling shows.
>> More than half.
>> The.
>> Male vote nationwide.
>> 55% went.
>> To.
>> Trump.
>> While Harris.
>> Got. Just 42%.
>> Men under.
>> 30.
>> They went from supporting Democrats in 2020 by 15. Points to backing.
>> The GOP.
>> In 2024 by 13.
>> An enormous swing.
>> Now, one of.
>> The party is taking.
>> A long, hard look inward. Which brings me to the speaking with American men project.
>> Or Sam.
>> They‘ve got a $20 million budget and an urgent.
>> Mission.
>> Win back.
>> A generation.
>> Of men who feel ignored, ridiculed and.
>> Left behind.
>> Left behind in.
>> The classroom.
>> According to the pew research center, women in their late 20s are now far more likely than men to hold a college degree 47% versus 37%. left behind in the dating pool, pew data show roughly 6 in 10 men under 30 are single, about double the share of young women. Men are getting left out of the labor force as well. The Federal Reserve reports that the share of prime age men not participating in the labor force has roughly doubled since the 1970s, reaching 11% in 2022. Mental health another flashpoint, CDC figures reveal men comprise nearly 80% of U.S. Suicide deaths. The Sam project‘s findings, reflecting a lot of these numbers after conducting 60 hours of focus groups, media analysis and polling, here‘s what they‘ve discovered young men feel disconnected from civic life. They distrust politics, education, even the job market. They feel shame Abe about their mental health, conflicted about their masculinity, and struggling with economic anxiety. Even those who are making six figures. And yet check this out in the Democratic Party‘s own who we serve platform, which is posted online, they mention a whole list of constituency groups African Americans, Americans with disabilities, Asian Americans and Pacific islanders, Democrats abroad, ethnic Americans, latinos, faith community, LGBTQ+ community, Native Americans, rural Americans, seniors and retirees, small business community, union members and families, veterans and military families, women, young people and students. But not men. That‘s a lot of votes to disregard, new polling shows. It‘s not that men are shifting hard to the right politically. They‘re tuning out. 37% of young men now view both major