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President Donald Trump's Republican Party has been shifting, and younger voters have appeared to start questioning his demands, according to a new report on Tuesday.

The Bulwark editor at large William Kristol, a former chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle, described recent polling that shows Trump does have loyalists, but those followers are aging. He points to signs that a "fair number of young" MAGA voters could be "ready to defect from Trumpism."

"It is, as Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday, Trump’s party," Kristol wrote. "The new New York Times/Siena poll shows Trump with the approval of 37 percent of all Americans, with 59 percent disapproving. But 76 percent of Republicans and Republican learners continue to approve of their leader, with only 19 percent breaking ranks. What’s more, a majority of Republican voters still want their next presidential candidate to follow Trump’s lead rather than move in a new direction."...

The leader of Turning Point USA in a key battleground state called President Donald Trump's Iran war "distasteful" as young MAGA voters who helped elect the president have started to show signs of frustration, according to a Politico report on Monday.

Some of the youngest members among the MAGA coalition have cited skyrocketing gas prices, concerns about another long-term Middle East conflict and an overall sense of betrayal after a promise from Trump that he would refrain from those conflicts. And in interviews with six different leaders from Turning Point USA chapters, Politico found that "many of them said the president’s approach to Iran has undercut one of the central promises that animated younger right-wing voters in 2024: no new wars."

TPUSA vice chair at the University of Georgia, Connor Darby, pointed out how Trump's statements before the Iran war about previous strikes destroying Iran's nuclear capabilities contradicted the president's later comments. ...

The New York Times reports that Americans in their 20s and 30s, even if they know they are not poor, feel the “basics of a middle-class life are unattainable” or they require terrible trade-offs. Things like homeownership, supporting children or occasionally dining out are not available to them like they were to their parents.

Full-time Pennsylvania department store manager Keyana Fedrick told the Times that she and her friends feel stuck in jobs that do not pay enough to rent an apartment, never mind buy a house.

“I’m 36, and I don’t have children yet,” said Fedrick, who still lives with her parents, despite occupying the highest position at her store’s location. “I should have a flipping life by now. I should be traveling. I should have a luxurious closet. But instead, all I have is a good credit score and a paid-off 2013 Nissan.”...

A young voter and President Donald Trump fan ripped the president at a Christmas event in Louisiana this week.

CNN interviewed several voters at a "Redneck Christmas Parade" on Thursday — where the outlet went two years ago and met hopeful supporters — but found they weren't as happy this time around with Trump.

One young male voter, whose name was not shared, gave his thoughts: ...

It would be an understatement to say President Donald Trump’s once positive approval among young voters is failing. CNN analyst Harry Enten said the better word for it is probably “collapse.”

“Donald Trump put in the best performance for a Republican presidential candidate among young voters since George W. Bush did back in the early 2000. And, you know, he started off his term — his net approval rating among voters under the age of 30 — at plus-ten points. … But according to CBS News YouGov, he isn't falling into the water. This isn't going underseas. This is going into a deep, dark, black hole,” said Enten.

“Look at that: negative-46 points. That is a shift on the net approval of 56 points in the wrong direction since February,” Enten said. “I love looking at these swings, looking at how the electorate changes. You rarely, rarely ever see swings like this.”...

Young voters who voted for President Donald Trump are voicing their "regret," citing how their "trust in the administration has completely nosedived."

“I believe my trust in the administration has completely nosedived because of how he’s mishandled things,” 22-year-old Anthony H., a Republican from Nevada, told NBC News in its Decider Series.

Anthony is among a group of 14 voters under 30 interviewed, saying they regret their decision — pointing to Trump's tariffs, immigration and foreign affairs policies, plus the unreleased Jeffrey Epstein files, as reasons why their support has declined. The group comprised of eight Independents and six Democrats. Nine disapproved of Trump's job so far and five approve of it, The Daily Beast reports....