Democrats were knocked back on their heels in 2024 by the party’s erosion of support among young men. They were gratified to see improvement with that group in key elections earlier this month.

In between, the party has been on a mission to stop its erosion among young voters , launching research efforts, piloting different styles of communication and elevating new voices. And it has already come to one important conclusion, according to interviews in October with a range of people on the left working on the issue: The solution to Democrats’ struggle to appeal to young men won’t come from one national figure who will instantly, magically draw them in.

“If not Trump, then who? And the question for the Democratic Party that I think is one of the challenges we have right now is, we don

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