NCS’s knowledge guru says that Trump, 79, shouldn’t be fashionable amongst his son Barron’s technology.
Harry Enten, the community’s chief knowledge correspondent, informed NCS News Central host John Berman on Wednesday that Zoomers are dropping religion within the president, particularly over the previous 12 months. Trump’s youngest son, Barron, is nineteen. He was born in March, 2006.
“These guys are swingers, that’s what we’re talking about here,” Enten mentioned, explaining that Generation Z–these born within the late Nineties to round 2010–has surged dramatically towards the left since 2024.
“In 2024, it was just a six-point margin between the Democrats and Republicans. Democrats just led by six points,” he mentioned, noting that the hole was small because of Trump’s shocking recognition as a Republican amongst younger voters.
“But take a look here, 2025: Hello!” Enten continued. “A ‘yuge’ widening of the lead for Democrats among Generation Z, tripling their lead on party identification from six all the way up to 20. That was, in fact, the largest shift, considerably more so than any other group.”
Shifting the main target to Trump particularly, Enten highlighted that the leftward surge amongst Gen Z voters was “absolutely” in response to the president.
“He has just fallen off a cliff when it comes to Generation Z,” Enten remarked. “Donald Trump’s internet approval score in February 2025—John mentioned it proper: Wow!”
“This was a month into the administration. He was at +10 points in that approval rating, he was on the right side of the ledger,” he added. “Falling off that cliff, that is a drop of 42 points to negative 32 points on the net approval rating among Generation Z.”
Enten exclaimed again that Gen Z is a “very swingy group” who has “swung very much away from Donald John Trump.”
Citing a Gallup poll, Enten famous that Generation Z additionally has the best focus of voters who establish as Independent at 56 %, in comparison with the typical of 40 % amongst older generations.
“So yes, they are in the Democratic camp right now,” Enten said, noting that the Gen Z Democratic swing included those independent voters. “They don’t like what Donald Trump is doing. But look, that ball can easily go back into the other court.”
“Democrats gotta take that ball off the ground,” he continued, “And they gotta run with that ball. Because if they don’t, I can assure you that the Republican Party will, as we saw in the 2024 election.”
The White House did not immediately return a request for comment on the polling data.