“If you come up to me and tell me you’re a Trump supporter, like, I’m not even gonna associate myself with you,” said 19-year-old Lamia during a series of focus groups I observed for young people split by gender in Philadelphia last month.
Like the other women in her group, Lamia listed “reproductive rights” as an issue she cares about most. But in the roundtables with men, the dominant topic was the economy. “I think that what matters most to me is how much I’m spending on necessities,” said Dennis, who is 23 and a Republican. Mark, 28 and an independent, said one of his top issues ahead of the election is “jobs.” (Participants were not required to give their last names.)
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