Dour Democrats, giddy GOP: Trump captures Gen Z with can-do spirit

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For what seems similar forever, Republicans person been seen arsenic the enactment of stuffy country-club achromatic guys, hopelessly retired of interaction with the concerns of working-class Americans, young radical and achromatic and Latino voters. 

It’s the Grand Old Party, aft all. 

But things changed connected Nov. 5 with Donald Trump’s election, and are lone accelerating present that he’s returned to the Oval Office.

Black voters came retired for Trump, giving him their biggest ballot stock for immoderate Republican successful much than 50 years.

Latinos came retired for the 45th, and present 47th, president with their highest numbers for a GOP statesmanlike candidate ever.

Rank-and-file national members went for Trump bigly: 60% of the Teamsters Union, for example, per their ain interior polling. 

But it was the younker vote, those nether 30, that delivered arguably the astir astonishing result.

According to CNN exit polls, Trump won a bulk of voters aged 18 to 29 successful cardinal plaything states similar Michigan and Wisconsin, thing nary of the “experts” predicted. 

For context, successful 2020 Joe Biden captured the 18-to-29 ballot nationally by 24 points, topping Trump 60% to 36%. 

More context: Per YouGov, The Donald’s favorable standing was conscionable 30% among those nether 30 aft the 2016 election.

Today, it’s 53% — a 23-point jump. 

And erstwhile a caller CBS News poll asked voters if they are “generally optimistic oregon pessimistic astir the adjacent 4 years with Donald Trump arsenic president,” a whopping 67% of those 18 to 29 said they consciousness affirmative — a 2-to-1 margin, making young radical the most upbeat cohort surveyed. 

The president whitethorn beryllium 78, but helium inactive has the vigor of a Millennial, if the blizzard of events since his Monday inauguration is immoderate indication.

And his Cabinet, too, is refreshingly youthful — particularly compared to the existent leaders of the Democratic Party.

Nancy Pelosi, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren and the remainder person looked and sounded similar aggravated curmudgeons yelling astatine clouds and telling kids to get disconnected their tract ever since Trump’s victory.  

The Trump squad — astir yet to beryllium confirmed — includes Vice President J.D. Vance and UN Ambassador Elise Stefanik, some 40, and 43-year-old Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and FBI Director Kash Patel are some 44.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is the youngest idiosyncratic ever to instrumentality connected that relation astatine conscionable 27.

Even Trump’s caput of authorities and lawyer general, Marco Rubio (53) and Pam Bondi (59) respectively, look acold younger than their commencement certificates indicate. 

That’s successful stark opposition to the Senate arsenic a whole, where 71% of sitting senators are years beyond status age, astatine 70 oregon older.

No wonderment astir 8 successful 10 Americans enactment a maximum property cut-off for elected officials successful Washington, according to Pew Research.

Meanwhile, the beingness of achromatic Trump supporters has Dems and their allies successful the media losing their minds.

Look nary further than the toxic stew that is “The View” on ABC, wherever “Republican” Ana Navarro fundamentally called rapper Snoop Dogg an Uncle Tom for having the audacity of performing astatine a Trump inaugural event. 

“You opposed and stood up against Trump successful 2017, but you were determination present . . . you spoke up against Trump Jan. 7, 2021, but you were determination present applauding him similar a trained seal,” the 53-year-old Navarro said of the 53-year-old Snoop.

And therein lies the rub.

Navarro is nary older, but she sounded similar a cranky fuddy-duddy — portion the tuxedoed Snoop looked similar helium was having a expansive aged time.

The upbeat temper was infectious erstwhile state fable Carrie Underwood performed a capella during Trump’s inauguration nether the Capitol dome, oregon erstwhile the MAGA assemblage swooned to Snoop aboriginal that night, oregon erstwhile Trump broke retired his YMCA dance, successful a tuxedo with a sword successful his manus nary less. 

If Trump has a palmy presidency — taming inflation, making Americans consciousness safe, making our borders secure, and ending wars overseas portion draining the swamp and eliminating each things woke — Vance could beryllium acceptable up for his ain statesmanlike word portion inactive successful his 40s. 

At heart, it’s not astir the visuals: It’s astir America’s yearning for optimistic, can-do leaders who are the anti-Biden, the anti-Schumer, the anti-Pelosi.

That’s Trump, contempt his calendar age.

That’s Vance.

That’s his Cabinet and his team. 

Right now, 1 enactment looks similar it’s having a blast, portion the different 1 and its media friends are angry and preachy and unhinged.

And angry, preachy and unhinged doesn’t precisely shriek unbridled optimism — unlike, say, this: “The aureate property of America begins close now.”

Joe Concha is simply a Fox News contributor and writer of the upcoming publication “The Greatest Comeback Ever: Inside Trump’s Big Beautiful Campaign.”

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