Greg Palast: "Gen Z divorces MAGA"

[red dog 1]

Ethan Lieberman recently joined our team. At 22, he's in the heart of Gen Z. So I asked him, What's going on with you kids? Gen Z males elected Trump. He swept the group by 14 points—4 years after Biden won them by 25, an unheard-of swing... gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/gen-z-divo...

— Greg Palast (@gregpalast.bsky.social) 2026-01-28T17:11:49.940Z

Greg Palast.com
January 28, 2026



Ethan Lieberman recently joined the Palast team following completion of his degree in journalism.
At 22, he is in the heart of Gen Z.
So I asked him, What the hell is going on with you kids today?

(From Ethan Lieberman)

"Gen Z helped elect Trump. Now they're abandoning him. Here's why.

The 2024 Presidential Election was determined by a shocking shift in Generation Z (those of us born between 1997-2012) -- a demographic which polling data revealed skewed toward Trump after years of staunch opposition.
Gen Z's shift was created in large part by the influence of social media and emergent technology, more than in any previous election.
Podcasts opened a new domain of political conversation and mobilized a generally disengaged voting demographic.
This frontier's inhabitants -- my generation (Z) -- shifted to a huge six-point plurality for Trump.

The Democratic margin among youth went from 61% Biden/ 36% Trump in 2020 to 51% for Harris over Trump's 47% in 2024.

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Trump's ragtag coalition of libertarians, populists, ideological extremists, centrists and traditional conservatives is disintegrating in real time.
The narrow majority which coalesced to elect Trump to his second term no longer exists, and this will manifest congressionally."

More:
https://gregpalast.com/gen-z-divorces-maga/

[SamuelTheThird]

1. Housing

today he said - I don’t want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own their homes. You can be sure that will happen

[tulipsandroses]

2. Well, I hope these young people have learned their lesson. Stop listening to podcast "bros"

Government should do more than just owning the libs.
Hopefully they are now better educated and will do their own research.
After all, they were newborns, babies and toddlers when Obama was first elected. I doubt many of them were politically aware until they started listening to their podcast bros and gamer bros and all the other propaganda on social media. They had a lot of time during the Covid shutdown to soak in the propaganda.

[SunImp]

3. TPUSA & manosohere people like Tate still have a firm hold on young men

If we don't try to unbrainwash them or make them feel welcome to our side they'll keep voting conservative or go independent