Trump’s swagger continues to appeal to some Gen Z men regardless of their economic circumstances. Otherwise, the situation with younger voters is similar to that with Hispanics. Everything about Trump is appalling to young women, and the cohorts of younger men who voted for the economy of 2019 in 2024 are disappointed, as they were bound to be.
It is actually somewhat comforting that American swing voters are transactional. It is normal for the electorate to make decisions based on the perceived performance of the economy. That suggests the country is not as polarized as the ideologues on social media would have you believe, and that running on competence and results is not a fool’s errand.