Young women are the most progressive group in American history. Young men are checked out

Gen Z is seeing a historic reverse gender gap', with women poised to outpace men across virtually every measure of political involvement

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When Donald Trump strutted on to the stage at the Republican national convention last month, it was to a raucous cover of James Brown's It's a Man's Man's Man's World. The song credits men with inventing cars, trains, lights, boats, toys and commerce. The message was not subtle. At least, not to Melissa Deckman.

This idea of America needing someone who is a strong masculine figure - I think the Republican campaign this year is doing it even in a more pronounced and overt way than it did in 2016," said Deckman, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute. You have a lot of younger men admiring the strength of Trump - or what they think is strong."