Posted on 01/06/2024 6:42:36 PM PST by River Hawk
Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom won big in Dutch parliamentary elections last month. One of the keys to the nationalist’s party success was its large share of the youth vote. Young people in the Anglosphere tend to be more left-wing than their elders. Seeing the reverse in continental Europe always surprises outside observers.
The Guardian tried to solve this mystery. It asked young Dutchmen why they voted for the Party for Freedom. The Dutch youth said they did so because it was the one party that addressed their concerns.
Other European parties, such as AfD in Germany and National Rally in France, also boast of strong youth support.
What lessons can the American Right learn from the European experience?
There are significant differences between Europe and America that prevent the Right from winning a majority of the youth vote. Young Americans are far less white than their elders. While young Europeans are also more “diverse” than their elders, whites are still the overwhelming majority in this demographic. We’re only a few years away from the majority of voters between 18 and 29 being non-white. Demographics make the youth vote less inclined to support the American Right.
There are a few other factors that likely diminish youth support for the GOP. One is that the party does not address actual youth concerns. For as long as I’ve been involved in conservative politics, youth outreach has been a joke.
The general takeaway Americans should have from the Euro Right’s success with young voters is that the party needs to seriously address the concerns and frustrations of this demographic. It requires the American Right to paint the Left as responsible for the problems youth face and offer real solutions to these problems. Only then can they improve their dismal levels of youth support.
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I noticed this when I was in Spain recently during an election. “The kids are all RIGHT” ... well maybe not *all*, but it was almost strange to see what seemed like a youth-dominated conservative party, especially since our American “Gen Z” seem such brainwashed leftist saps.
All the right needs to say EVERYWHERE is, “ the left has sold your birthright to a bunch of illegal immigrants that will take the jobs, homes, and government support you thought you were getting.
Just saying that will send the globalists spastic.
Yes, good points.
I think that would be a good strategy.
Excellent, and correct.
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