The youth did not save us.

«Young people who chose issues like racism, abortion, and climate change as their top priority in the 2024 election were the most likely to support Harris. However, 40% of youth chose “the economy and jobs” as their top priority—by far the highest of any issue, and those youth voted for Trump by a more than 22-point margin. Immigration was the third most commonly chosen top issue among youth overall, and the young people who chose it voted for President Trump by a nearly 70-point margin.»

https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/overall-youth-turnout-down-2020-strong-battleground-states

«It’s also worth highlighting that, in an election cycle with a lot of focus on the potential role of influencers and celebrities to engage young voters, less than 1% of young people said that motivation from an influencer had been one of their top-three motivations to cast a ballot.»

«More Than 1 in 3 Young People Were Never Contacted By an Organization About the 2024 Election»

«The study surveyed a total of 2,064 self-reported U.S. citizens ages 18 to 34 in the United States.»

There’s kind of a launchpad to this info here: https://circle.tufts.edu/2024-election.

And here’s how I found it: https://prospect.org/culture/2025-01-31-celebrity-fatigue-democrats/.