Exit polling has revealed that 40 p.c of Gen Z girls voted for President-elect Donald Trump over Kamala Harris.
Based on CNN exit polls, Harris solely had an eight-point lead with girls voters — half of what Joe Biden acquired in 2020.
The Daily Mail referred to the ballot numbers because the “final humiliation,” as girls underneath 30 had been broadly anticipated to be Harris’ strongest demographic.
The Harris marketing campaign even spent six figures on a studio for her to seem on the Name Her Daddy podcast and courted celebrities, together with Charli XCX, Taylor Swift, and Beyoncé.
“The Vice President used phrases like ‘bizarre’ to explain Trump and his working mate JD Vance, embraced the moniker ‘Momala’ and created TikTok movies to Gen Z’s favourite rising star Chappel Roan’s hit track ‘Femininomenon,’” the report notes. “And whereas she could have received the TikTok struggle – securing 448million ‘likes’ to Trump’s 102million – she was unable to translate that into votes.”
In her try to win over younger girls, Harris closely campaigned on abortion entry, however simply 13 p.c of voters underneath 30 cited that as their high concern within the exit polls.
“In stark distinction, 40 p.c of that age group stated the financial system was their principal fear. One other 11 p.c of underneath 30s stated immigration was their high challenge,” the Each day Mail reviews.
The report added:
Fifty-six p.c of males underneath 30 voted for Trump over Harris, a 15-point enhance in comparison with his defeat in opposition to Biden in 2020.
Round 42 p.c of younger voters solid ballots this 12 months, a decrease turnout than the 50 p.c in 2020, however roughly on par with the 2016 election.
