Gen Z voter flips from Sanders to Trump: Hard to vote for the party putting 'tampons in boys' bathrooms'
Like many young voters, 20-year-old college student Eann Tang was once on the Bernie Sanders bandwagon, but a few things have changed his mind since then, and he plans to vote for Donald Trump this November.
"It's just really hard to really vote for a party that puts tampons in boys' bathrooms," Tang told "Fox & Friends" on Sunday.
"They're putting men in women's sports, and they're going after parents for not letting their children transition, and that is why young men like me are trending conservative."
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Tang, a student at the University of Illinois and a Campus Reform correspondent, sat down with Fox News' Lawrence Jones for a live segment ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where he discussed his dramatic political shift, as well as the issues most important to his generation.
He said he's "appalled" by the current state of the nation, and "extremism" is to blame.
"Just four years ago, I was a Bernie Sanders supporter. I was a socialist," he said.
He continued, "[Once] I started really studying the policies that they are talking about, I came to realize that it's just a blanket promise for votes… These socialist policies have just ruined countries. They ruined families, and they just put everything in shambles, and I really just don't hope that they ever get practice in the United States of America."
Tang told Jones that seeing America in decline, both culturally and economically, is "heartbreaking" for him.
"It's not just the economy. We [Gen Z voters] are concerned about the whole culture that has been shifting, that has been radicalized."
As the 2024 race heats up, the Trump and Harris campaigns are making their pitches to America's youngest voting bloc on social media platforms in hopes of reeling in support from the group whose vote matters now more than ever
According to research organization CIRCLE, 41 million Zoomers (or members of Gen Z) will be eligible to vote in this year's race, meaning eight million will have "aged into the electorate" by the time Trump and Harris go head-to-head this November.