The GOP's Young People Problem, and What Should Be Done | Tom Woods Show #2801

Independent Pollster Rich Baris discusses his new book Burn It Down: What the Polls Say Young Americans Really Want. Why are so many 18 to 29-year-olds saying their life feels like a failure? Why did conservative identification peak in 2020 and keep falling? And why didn't young voters automatically get more conservative as they aged? Baris explains his core idea of two movies on one screen — boomers vs. everybody else — Boomer 1 vs. Boomer 2, blocked political maturation on marriage, homeownership and family, and why the Mamdani vote in New York was about basic needs, not Trump. Plus: why calling someone socialist no longer works, ledger politics vs. ladder politics, DEI and H-1B anger among young white men, trade jobs and immigration, the Iran war betrayal, Michigan flipping from Trump 2024 to 55-30 against Republicans with youth, the broken housing affordability promise, the 2-to-1 demographic clock, and what comes after MAGA. Chapters: 00:00 Meet Rich Baris 00:35 Two Movies, One Screen 04:22 Will Aging Save Conservatism? 09:30 Conservative ID Has Peaked 10:35 Bad News Chapter Two 12:05 Mamdani Wasn't About Trump 17:15 Socialist Label Fails Now 18:35 Ledger Politics Explained 22…