Trump and Harris battle over male voters -- and what masculinity looks like in 2024

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

75% : "Trump is very much the cool candidate," this person said.
68% : "The dynamic has Trump, who is trying to get his numbers with men back to 2016 levels, gearing his campaign toward a kind of hypermasculinity that was on full display at his party's convention this fall -- one that featured a former pro wrestler ripping his shirt off onstage and Trump being introduced for his speech by Dana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
55% : "Trump has also waded into these spaces by appealing to cryptocurrency investors, launching his own line of NFT tokens and even introducing a sneaker brand.
48% : "Look, the fact that people like Theo Von, Logan Paul and the Nelk Boys, who are right in the middle of the zeitgeist of our culture, are willing to publicly associate with Trump would've been unfathomable five years ago.
46% : The former president has made podcast appearances with hosts like comedian Theo Von, influencer Logan Paul and streamer Adin Ross; in the one with Ross, Trump made sure to say "Barron says hello" and is "a big fan of yours," referring to his youngest son.
37% : An NBC News Stay Tuned/SurveyMonkey poll of Gen Z adults taken in late August found that while young women favored Harris over Trump by 30 points, young men favored Harris by just 4 points.
25% : "Trump and his campaign frequently take aim at Walz, calling him "Tampon Tim" -- a nickname stemming from a mischaracterization of a Minnesota law that requires schools to provide menstrual products in student restrooms.
21% : "Trump is gaining traction with young men because we feel voiceless in this country.
15% : "One Trump campaign staffer predicted that the shifts among young men and the widening gender gap is the result of a "brand problem" that will "haunt" Democrats "for generations," saying that some Gen Z men see a vote for Trump "as an act of protest.

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