Last year, just after the Democrats showed President Biden the door and installed Kamala Harris as the party's presidential nominee, the Left realized they had a problem when it comes to male voters.
So, to shore up male support (especially in midwestern swing states) the Dems brought in this guy as the Harris' running-mate:
And you know how the "jazz hands" approach worked out for the Democrats in the November election (apparently the "White Dudes for Harris" group didn't move the needle in favor of the Dems either -- go figure).
The Dems still have a male problem, particularly with young men:
New - Gen Z Party poll (Man)
— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) July 24, 2025
🔴 Republican - 52% (+18)
🔵 Democrats 34%
Pew research
OOF!
Eric Swalwell has taken it upon himself to try and help the party win back men by pumping iron in his off time, but that might have the opposite of the intended effect.
The Washington Post cited a focus group and concluded that the Dems might have only one politician they say is viewed as "masculine," and try not to laugh:
Democrats are trying to understand why young men keep voting GOP. @matthewichoi & @merica recap findings from a focus group, with several saying Democrats don't have a masculine politician (except for Obama) in today's #TheEarlyBrief: https://t.co/PQc0Lf5XJU
— Marianna Sotomayor (@MariannaReports) July 29, 2025
First of all, it's not really that difficult and yet they won't even consider something:
They need a focus group to understand that blaming everything wrong with society on men turns them away?
— DelilahM (@delilahmused) July 30, 2025
Not only that, but apparently they need Barack Obama to explain it, and all he did here is point out why Republicans are likely to keep winning male voters:
“We don’t think about boys and just assume they’re going to be okay because they’ve been running the world and they’ve got all the advantages relative to the girls. And all of which has historically been true in all kinds of ways,” the former president said. “We’ve made that mistake sometimes in terms of our rhetoric. Where it’s like we’re constantly talking about what’s wrong with the boys, instead of what’s right with them.”
Incidentally, Obama was the only Democrat whom focus group participants could name as a masculine role model from the party.
The irony? Barack Obama said that on his wife's podcast, where she regularly dumps on men (super rich Michelle Obama complaining along with even super richer Julia Louis Dreyfus about how difficult is is for women in America was just *chef's kiss*).
At least the Dems' "masculine" figure can't run for president again.
Democrats:
— Grateful Calvin (@shoveitjack) July 30, 2025
“Obama is our masculine figure.”
Obama: https://t.co/OaeyOZBHYA pic.twitter.com/grycLEgvuO
With any luck the Dems will remain totally clueless as to why their problem with men is happening.
It's a mystery. https://t.co/25ageAeIiM
— Kris Kinder (@kris_kinder) July 30, 2025
Maybe Beto O'Rourke and Pete Buttigieg can help turn around the Dems' problem with getting more male voters on board. Oh, and the Left should also keep whining about that Sydney Sweeney blue jeans ad -- that'll definitely do the trick in getting men back on board with the Dems. Oops, did I say Dems? I meant Republicans.
