Well, the secret is out. The world finally knows that Gen Z isn’t so special after all and not the generation of progressives sent to save us from a second Trump presidency.

I’m sorry to disappoint.

Between GOP nominee Donald Trump's blowout on Election Day and the ever-growing list of creeps joining his administration, Democrats have been asking themselves what went wrong this election cycle. Part of this is that voters under 30 didn’t show up like they did in 2020.

According to The Associated Press, "Slightly more than 4 in 10 young voters went for Trump, up from about one-third in 2020."

Vice President Kamala Harris won the generation, but the inroads made by Republicans killed any thoughts of Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012, saving us from Republicans. All year, I said it didn’t matter how much Harris tried to appeal to Gen Z if we didn’t go out and vote for her. Now, we must all live with the consequences of what turned out to be a disappointing generation of voters.

The biggest shake-up within the generation is the rightward shift of its young men. Like other age groups, white men ages 18-29 overwhelmingly supported Trump. Latino men within this age range also supported Trump over Harris 49-47%.

This shake-up shouldn’t be surprising to anyone who was paying attention.

Young men are going to college less; their economic prospects are worse than millennials’. The economy and........

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