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What can we do to win back the male voter? [View all]
The good news is that there are a lot more women voters 54% to 46% men. The bad news is that how men and women vote has widened to a 13 point gap, in 2020 it was only an 8 point gap. The votes of both men and women have shifted rightwards in all demographics except white women, and with white women we've made gains so small as to register as 0. This according to the recently released Catalist numbers as reported in the liberal patriot.
https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/do-democrats-know-how-to-win-back
One of the top quandaries for the Democratic Party following the 2024 election is how to bounce back with male voters. Some of the largest rightward shifts last year came from men—specifically, young and minority men. New data from the Democratic firm Catalist showed that while the party’s vote share among men overall fell by five points compared to 2020, the erosion of support was larger among Asian (six points), black (eight points), and Hispanic (twelve points) men.
This followed more than a decade of sustained rightward movement among all three non-white groups of male voters.
This followed more than a decade of sustained rightward movement among all three non-white groups of male voters.
All this is not a surprise. Anyone who has watched the losses year over year could see this coming. This election we lost Hispanic men. In 2012 we had Asian men by 40 points, this year we had them by 10 points. Black men shifted 34 points. Small demographics I understand, HIspanic men are only 4% of voters, Black men are another 4%, Asians 2%, but we have lost ground with women also, though not as pronounced. The decrease is steady, every single year less.
Time to make a bigger tent. I disagree with some on issues, and I don't like every candidate, but if they vote Democratic, we can pass legislation to my liking.
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