Why did young men move left in this month’s US elections? | Cory Alpert

Democrats' relentless focus on affordability welcomed in a group that had been seduced by an ecosystem of hucksters

Just a few months ago, it seemed that the political landscape was changing permanently, with young people shifting right - especially young men. Democrats spun up a vortex of efforts to win them back, but they often appeared to be flailing. This month's elections, however, told a different story.

Young men in the US face a political identity crisis. It should not be controversial to say that the world that many were promised as children has not come to fruition. Two decades of war and a turbulent economy have combined with a massively changing workforce. Young men's disaffection should come as no real surprise.

Cory Alpert is a PhD researcher at the University of Melbourne looking at the impact of AI on democracy. He served in the Biden-Harris administration for three years