Younger Voters Driving GOP Away From Old Foreign Policy Playbook: Baris and Posobiec [WATCH]

An exchange between political pollster Rich Baris and commentator Jack Posobiec focused on the growing influence of younger right-wing voters and their strong alignment with the MAGA movement, highlighting how concerns over the American dream and domestic priorities continue to shape conservative politics.

Baris framed the discussion around the future direction of the Republican Party and the preferences of its younger base.

“In 28 who’s going to be the nominee, the direction the party is going to go in?” Baris asked, before arguing that age demographics are a critical factor.

“The fact of the matter is, I think some people have to understand that the age demographics of this younger voters, younger right wing voters, are more mad. They’re not isolationist, but they are more MAGA, and that’s because they feel so deeply the dire threat to their own future and their own ability to live the American dream.”

Baris said polling data shows a clear pattern among younger conservatives, particularly those under middle age.

“You do see this massive aid signal with under 45 under 50, whatever, however, you know, demographic bucket you want to put it in,” he said.

He added that the shift was inevitable.

“So it was bound to happen. Jack. It was going to happen well.”

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Posobiec agreed, saying he regularly hears similar views from younger voters who are frustrated with political priorities they believe leave them behind.

“And I see this with younger voters all the time,” Posobiec said.

He pointed to age groups most vocal about these concerns.

“I think we said earlier, what did we say? Under 50? Under 40, crowd is when it comes to a lot of the foreign policy stuff, they’ll say, Yeah, okay, but what about me? What about us? What are you doing for us? What are we getting out of this?”

According to Posobiec, this perspective explains how younger voters interpret the “America First” message.

“And so when they say America first, they don’t necessarily mean that, like you say it does that,” he said.

“You know, we have to recede from the world and be isolation still this, but they would like to see more of a prioritization on issues of Americans, the issues of veterans and rather than this foreign policy push that they feel for so long had been the focus of the Republican Party.”

Posobiec concluded that these attitudes are not new and directly fueled recent political realignments.

“And oh, by the way, those are the same conditions that led to the rise of MAGA, of finalism, of Donald Trump in the first place in 2016.”

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.@Peoples_Pundit and @JackPosobiec discuss the rise of America First populism:

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