These young voters have been sold on Donald Trump since childhood. Here's how he held their attention.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : He's been transfixed by Trump since watching him in television debates during his first run for president.
53% : "But that changed for then 12-year-old Matteo when his family began to view Trump as the candidate focused on the working and middle classes.
51% : Many in this group have been sold on Trump since childhood, and the admiration has only grown.
50% : Trump is scheduled to appear on an upcoming episode of Joe Rogan's podcast.
49% : It's why the former president, just 10 days before the election, is spending his Saturday in State College, where he can speak directly to Penn State students, underscoring his team's strategy to connect with young voters, particularly young men, who are set to back Trump in November.
47% : And for those, like Temple student Walker, who have long followed Trump since his political debut, they've just been waiting for the chance to cast their first ballots for him.
46% : While Trump courts young voters, there remains a stark gender gap, with Trump finding reliable support among young men, while Harris has found substantial backing from young women.
33% : Matteo, 20, and the cochair of the Pennsylvania Federation of College Republicans, once saw Obama as the "hope and change" candidate, and now he sees Trump in a similar light.
32% : Smith was exposed to Trump at school, he said, when he and his friends would "bicker" about politics and at the dinner table, where his dad would discuss Trump as a "champion" for small businesses and the middle class.

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