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Former President Donald Trump gestures after he was introduced during the football Alabama v. Georgia football game. Vasha Hunt/AP

Trump’s Young Male Supporters Say There’s a Reason They’ve Gone Full MAGA: ‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’

We went to the center of the universe for young male Trump supporters — an Alabama vs. Georgia football game — and young guys kept telling us they liked Trump for economic reasons.

Former President Donald Trump gestures after he was introduced during the football Alabama v. Georgia football game. Vasha Hunt/AP

It’s an accepted fact at this point that young men are flocking to Donald Trump. What’s less accepted is why.

I went to the center of the universe for young male Trump supporters — an Alabama vs. Georgia football game — to investigate why Gen Z has the biggest political gender gap. The answers from young men were somewhere between Dave Ramsey and Larry the Cable Guy.

As one Alabama fan told me, “Shit, my pockets liked Trump.”