Men are from Mars. Women are from Venus.
And White, suburban Gen-Z women are from La La Land.
That’s the finding of, well, every normal person over the age of 40 who has talked to a pronoun-obsessed, pro-Palestine twenty-something female voter about why late-term abortion should be legal and borders should be banned.
But it’s also a trend picked up by polling over the past few years, including a new poll from NBC News/Survey Monkey.
It found that (spoiler alert!) President Donald Trump’s approval number is lousy. He’s in the mid-40s, pretty much where it has been since he was first elected in 2016, and is higher with men than women.
But when it comes to Gen Z women, there isn’t a gender gap – there’s a gender chasm.
Here’s how the numbers shake out on Trump approval:
Boomer Men = 50 percent, Boomer Women 43 percent
Gen X Men = 56 percent, Women 43 percent
Millennial Men = 49 percent, Women 40 percent
Gen Z Men = 45 percent, Women 24 percent
No, that last number isn’t a typo. Young women are 20-point outliers from the average voter.
And they aren’t just overachievers when it comes to hating Trump. Want to know why Democrats continue to dig a political hole on transgender issues and race-based DEI?
While 44 percent of Americans support Trump’s efforts to get rid of DEI policies, just 22 percent of Gen Z women do.
Asked if there are only two genders, a whopping 71 percent of Americans say, “Of course!” But a bare majority of Gen Z women (51 percent) agree.
And perhaps the most significant gap: Asked “How proud are you to be an American?” the vast majority of respondents said extremely or very proud. A few – 22 percent – said “only a little proud” or “not proud at all.”
Among Gen Z women, that number was 41 percent.
Wonder why your kids’ favorite streaming shows are full of anti-American snark? Why your town meeting starts with a looney “land acknowledgement?”
Gen Z women. That’s why.
It’s not that they represent a huge percentage of the population. They make up about 10 percent of the U.S.
But they are an extremely active part of the political population, particularly on college campuses, where they have an outsized presence and influence.
They also have a disproportionate presence in the white-collar economy and in media organizations.
And – this can’t be overstated – they are an absolutely essential part of the Democratic Party coalition. Particularly in New Hampshire.
Did you see the 2nd Congressional District primary? Maggie Goodlander hadn’t lived in the district since George W. Bush was in the White House when she got into the race. Meanwhile, Colin Van Ostern, a loyal foot soldier of the Democratic Party, had been campaigning for months.
Poor Colin. By the time the race was over, the fact that Von Ostern was even running was viewed as a veiled, anti-feminist insult.
This isn’t about the Granite State’s gender gap, the well-known fact that in New Hampshire, being a woman means a couple of points in any political race. It’s much bigger than that.
NBC News’ Steve Kornacki put it this way in a recent podcast interview regarding the new poll numbers.
“There is a gender divide there in those other generations, but it’s not as enormous. It’s not as seismic,” Kornacki said. “(Gen Z women) are the most progressive, most Trump-hostile voters you’re going to find…. And it’s just at odds from women of all other generations.”
That “seismic” divide isn’t just about gender. It’s the divide between voters political professionals call “normies” – working and middle-class voters with more important things to do than follow politics – and these Gen Z “vegan avocado toast” activists.
Ask yourself: Who do voters think most accurately represents the current Democratic Party: Joe Biden or AOC? Is the Democrats’ brand “We’re with the working class,” or “Did we hit our quota on transgender Native Americans?”
Here’s a hint: Even after Trump’s 100 days of chaos, even after the crazy stock market swings and tariff troubles, the Democratic Party is underwater with American voters by 20(!) points: 40 percent approve, 60 percent disapprove.
The GOP is actually more popular (44 approve, 55 disapprove) than the Democrats, far different from the Dems’ double-digit advantage at this point in 2017.
Republicans know how Democrats feel. They’re used to their party being out of favor, underwater, and dominated by the fringe activists who make “normies” cringe.
Today, that’s the state of the Democratic Party.
