There were shock results across the country, even deep-red Texas turned blue, and young voters were part of the reason. That matters because in 2024, young voters, and young men in particular, helped return Trump to the White House. Since then, that support has collapsed, with polling showing Trump’s popularity was through the floor with young people across the US.
We wanted to hear from young conservatives themselves and headed to Texas, where the Midterms have kick started the battle for the future of the Republican Party after Trump. Some are still loyal to the MAGA project but others want to take the American conservative movement even further right.
In this FourSight, we meet Ben Shrader, the chairman and president of the Austin Young Republicans, who has a literal shrine to Donald Trump. We head to Texas A&M on game day to hear what’s changed for young people since 2024. And we travel to San Marcos to hear the man who wants to spearhead the next generation of conservatism - James Fishback.
He’s a new and controversial face on the conservative scene who ran for Florida governor this year. During that campaign, the state Republican Party pulled his invitation to a candidate forum saying, “racism and antisemitism have no place in our party”. While Fishback lost the nomination, he’s still filling campus halls as part of a post-primary tour, and several young men told us they hope he’s the future of the GOP.
Trump’s defeat has left a vacuum, and young conservatives are already fighting over who fills it. Is the future of the Republican Party a return to the pre-Trump GOP, a loyal MAGA successor, or something more extreme?
“tRuMpS dEfEaT hAs LeFt A vAaAaCUM”
This stupid dipshit narrative that we just NEEEED right wingers grinds my gears so much. What people need is affordable shit, a place to live, healthcare, education etc. no matter their manufactured believes. The right/left shit only exists for the politicians to not do anything but suck capitals dick and blame the other side. “Look, we haven’t got 100% of the vote after we made sure you people are split in the middle so all I can do is boost business and fuck workers rights. Just vote a little bit harder next time and we got you buddy.”
They do this for every horrible thing that actively makes society worse. ICE is only two decades old but it is “impossible” to abolish them. Hell, even data centers are being treated as permanent fixtures of the environment that nothing can be done about despite many of them only being months old or hypothetical future projects.
the ice budget just tripled and they won’t even say defund back to a couple years ago