U.S. Elections: Donald Trump chooses the majority of young people who vote first time

Current… young people seem to have as several of those who will first go to the polls for the U.S. will prefer the Republican candidate. He is 17, 18 and 19 years old and will support Donald Trump on 5 November, the first time they will vote in a presidential election. Three young Americans living in the two-way state of Georgia spoke to the AFP. Camron is looking forward to becoming 18 years old tomorrow Thursday, in time to be able to vote in the presidential election. For this high school student, who wears the red cap named Trump, there is no doubt: next week he will vote for the Republican former president, whom he heard speak of first when he was “8 or 9 years old”. “Many young men have been disappointed by what is happening in the US,” he explains, appreciating that Democrats spend a lot of time defending, for example, LGBTQ+ community rights and not enough to deal with everyday problems. “It’s really not what young men want,” points out Camron from Atlanta, where he participated in his first election rally. “They want a strong and dynamic leader (…) they want someone who can admire,” he adds. Trump is regularly addressed to this portion of voters, through videos posted on TikTok and his provocative statements on podcasts. His strategy seems to have a result among Georgia Tech’s students, where the 78-year-old Republican organized a election rally Monday. 18-year-old Cesar Veera states that he will vote for Trump already “from tomorrow” (ed. Tuesday) as many states allow voters to vote earlier. “Trump will be better for young Americans” than Democrats, estimates Viera who has tied an American flag to his shoulders. “He is just better on the issue of economy,” adds the young man who repairs homes and fears he will never be able to acquire his own. Doesn’t he worry about Trump being the oldest president in U.S. history? “I don’t care,” he replies. “Since he has his mind”. “No candidate is perfect,” comments 19-year-old Trenton Dykes, who states he is not affected by the allegations of racism that he unleashes part of the American press and Democrats against Trump. “He already ruled four years, I don’t think he did anything racist,” adds this young man who studies computer science and participates second time in a Republican election rally. “People here are lovely,” he states excited. “There really is this feeling that you belong to a community”. The 19-year-old initially supported Robert Kennedy Jr. in the presidential election, but who retired from the race. The important to Trenton: Trump to manage “to unite us over party divisions”.