WASHINGTON—Two months ago, at an event near the Texas Republican Midterm Convention, Matthew Williams warned The Epoch Times that the GOP risked losing a key pillar of President Donald Trump’s 2024 victory base: younger men.
On Nov. 6, three days after the Republicans’ historic midterm defeat, Williams, a 30-year-old YouTuber who goes by the handle The Prudentialist, sounded vindicated, but not happy—he had voted straight-ticket Republican.
When asked whether Republicans failed to respond to warnings about an anticipable shift, Williams replied, “I’d say so.”
Exit polling after the Nov. 3 election shows that young voters, including younger men, fled the Republican brand in droves, having moved toward Trump and his party in 2024. …