{"id":1987288,"date":"2023-07-31T20:13:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T00:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/surprising-demographic-is-rejecting-leftist-ideology-twice-as-likely-to-be-conservative\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T20:14:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T00:14:52","slug":"surprising-demographic-is-rejecting-leftist-ideology-twice-as-likely-to-be-conservative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/surprising-demographic-is-rejecting-leftist-ideology-twice-as-likely-to-be-conservative\/","title":{"rendered":"Unexpected Group Rejects Leftist Ideology, Twice as Conservative"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsurprising-demographic-is-rejecting-leftist-ideology-twice-as-likely-to-be-conservative%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987288&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Surprising Demographic Is Rejecting Leftist Ideology,\u200d Twice \u2062as Likely to \u200bBe Conservative<\/h2>\n<p>High school-aged young men \u200dare more likely to describe themselves as conservative than liberal by a ratio\u2064 of almost two-to-one, a new report claimed.<\/p>\n<p>That means there is hope \u2063for a country that is beleaguered \u2063by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-gets-brutal-wake-call-americans-give-lowest-approval-rating-yet-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weakness<\/a> \u2014 which leans to the\u200d left.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, just a week ago I told someone during a casual \u200cconversation that \u2062I felt something was\u2063 different about the kids I\u200c have encountered recently.<\/p>\n<p>After watching\u2064 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oppenheimer-dropping-atomic-bombs-japan-necessary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oppenheimer<\/a>\u201d last week, two teen boys in front of me on\u200c the way out of the theater commented on the film in a manner that I \u200bwould describe as anything \u200bbut \u201cwoke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A week \u2064before that, I heard a kid praise \u2064a female staffer at a\u2063 department\u2062 store for not having any\u200b tattoos \u2062or for sporting blue or green hair.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, I have spent \u2063several consecutive summers \u200bcontracting my lawn work out to some hard-working, young \u2062entrepreneurs\u200c in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>While\u2063 this is\u200c all anecdotal, this information led \u200bme to recall an old adage:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hard times create strong men, strong men create good \u200dtimes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/surprising-demographic-is-rejecting-leftist-ideology-twice-as-likely-to-be-conservative\/\" title=\"Unexpected Group Rejects Leftist Ideology, Twice as Conservative\">good times create weak\u2062 men<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-be-like-the-hippies\/\" title=\"Don\u2019t Be Like the Hippies\">weak men create hard times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kids today have been \u2062raised in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-admits-bidenomics-not-working-saying-americans-cant-afford-400-surprise-expense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hard times<\/a> and with a lot of weak men as their examples.<\/p>\n<p>Could\u200d you\u2062 imagine being a teenager in\u200d today\u2019s world? This generation\u2062 is one that has had \u200cevery institution beam \u2064leftism\u2062 at them\u2062 loudly their entire lives and from every direction.<\/p>\n<p>If there \u200cis one\u2062 thing kids are good at, it is being rebellious. Perhaps\u200b they\u2019re tired \u2064of \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-detransitioners-desperate-plea-congress-enough-children-already-victimized-barbaric-pseudoscience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cultural cancers<\/a>, being relegated to a privileged\u200c class \u200dby society and being led\u200b by \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/obamas-summer-playlist-backfires-artist-included-responds-2-brutal-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wimps<\/a>. The status quo\u200c is \u2064a \u200dliberal hellscape.<\/p>\n<p>In any event, the \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/monitoringthefuture.org\/results\/press-releases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Michigan<\/a> has \u2063dropped the annual Monitoring the Future survey. It\u200b gauges\u200c where the \u2062minds of America\u2019s young people are\u200c and has done so since the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/4125661-high-school-boys-are-trending-conservative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">survey found<\/a> that high \u2063school seniors over the last three\u200c years are \u200dlargely\u2062 apolitical, but when they were asked to \u2064choose a side of \u2062the aisle, a plurality of the boys said \u200cthey sit on the right.<\/p>\n<p>From \u20632020\u200c until\u200b 2022, the number of \u2062male\u2062 high\u200b school seniors who identified\u2063 as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bank-ceo-closing-prominent-conservatives-account-lying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conservative<\/a> fluctuated from 26 percent to 23 percent.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Twelfth-grade boys are nearly twice as likely to identify \u200cas conservative versus liberal, according to a respected federal survey of American youth.<\/p>\n<p>In annual surveys over the \u200clast three years, roughly one-quarter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-seuss-uncanceled-virginia-entrepreneur-passes-out-dr-seuss-books-to-kids\/\" title=\"Dr. Seuss Uncanceled: Virginia Entrepreneur Passes Out Dr. Seuss Books To Kids\">high school seniors<\/a> self-identified as\u200b conservative or \u201cvery\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DLZWmMxuAw\">pic.twitter.com\/DLZWmMxuAw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson\u2064 (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1686069188496908288?\">July\u200c 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During that same time, \u2064only 13 percent said they identified \u2062as liberal.<\/p>\n<p>Girls were more likely to pick a side, and 30 percent\u2063 of them identified as liberal compared to only \u200d12 percent who\u2063 said they were \u200bconservative.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THE HILL:\u2063 High school \u2062boys are trending conservative. On the other hand, young women are trending liberal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Election \u200dWizard (@ElectionWiz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElectionWiz\/status\/1685982156227506178?\">July 31, \u20632023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Turning Point USA founder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/charlie-kirk-campus-event-violently-attacked-liberal-news-outlet-publishes-false-lynching-accusation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Kirk<\/a>,\u200c whose\u2062 organization specializes in youth outreach, wasn\u2019t surprised by\u2062 the find:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Turning Point\u200d USA \u2062is the only organization\u200b on the right with a\u200d full-time staff dedicated to High \u200cSchool chapter outreach and development nationwide<\/p>\n<p>We now have more high school \u2064chapters than college, and the number is growing\u200b rapidly<\/p>\n<p>This week we are \u2064adding dozens more full\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Gnkrz1n04c\">pic.twitter.com\/Gnkrz1n04c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlie\u200c Kirk (@charliekirk11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charliekirk11\/status\/1686020768402935808?\">July 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If the report is accurate, and there is\u2062 every reason to believe it is, America might\u2063 someday be in\u200c better \u2064hands with the youngest \u200damong us than those who have led the country down its current \u2062path.<\/p>\n<p>As Americans, we\u2019re of course\u2064 all blessed with opportunities that people in most countries could never fathom.<\/p>\n<p>But \u2062the grown-ups in \u200cthe room have\u2064 failed \u200dto\u2064 offer young people an America that resembles the one \u200bthey inherited. Kids today are arguably economically and culturally \u200bdisadvantaged\u2064 \u2014 \u200drelative to people who \u200dgraduated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scotus-expected-follow-race-based-admissions-decision-new-case-huge-issue-high-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high school<\/a> in previous decades.<\/p>\n<p>Young men right now are almost\u200c assured to \u200dfind a broken\u200b dating marketplace \u200band job and housing markets that are difficult to navigate. Times are tough.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps today\u2019s youngest men will\u200c be\u200b strong enough\u200b to bring about the next\u2063 era of\u2063 prosperity.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of their minds are in the\u2062 right place.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/surprising-demographic-rejecting-leftist-ideology-twice-likely-conservative\/\">Surprising \u200bDemographic Is Rejecting Leftist\u200b Ideology, Twice\u2063 as Likely to \u2063Be\u2064 Conservative<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent report suggests that high school-aged young men are nearly twice as likely to identify as conservative rather than liberal. This offers hope for a country struggling with left-leaning tendencies. 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