The Academy Gazette’s pre-election survey showed an alignment with the national exit polls, with men preferring Donald Trump and women favoring Kamala Harris. The Nov. 5 presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump resulted in a victory for Former President Trump. A large factor in his victory was his support among male voters.
Notably, Academy’s polling results mirrored this national trend. Fifty-two percent of male respondents said they would have voted for Trump, and only 13 percent claimed support for Harris. This is a great divergence from the female respondents who were mostly split between Vice President Harris and the undecided bloc, with only 17 percent saying they would vote for Trump if they were able.
Polls conducted by NBC among voters in swing states found that 55 percent of men surveyed said they voted for Donald Trump compared to 53 percent of women saying they voted for Kamala Harris; remarkably similar results to the school’s polling.
Public perception within the school also reveals a conservative trend among male students. Senior Jack H. said, “most men in this school tend to be in the range from center to center right. They definitely lean more to the right than their female counterparts.”
Notably, some claim this rightward slant is a newer development in the school environment. “There’s more observable conservative men now than there were four years ago,” says senior Jamison B. He elaborated that he wasn’t as shocked about the poll results as he would have been if he saw them a while ago.
This aligns with national trends as men shifted towards the Republican Party from the 2020 election to 2024. The percentage of male respondents identifying as Trump voters increased by 2 percent between the two presidential elections.