‘Manosphere’ that helped Trump to power seems to be moving away from him

Young men who helped return President Trump to power in 2024 may be rethinking their votes as the midterm elections approach, NBC News reports. This demographic is closely tied to the online world known as the manosphere, and some polling now indicates its backing for the president could be fading.

The slippage is not confined to Mr. Trump himself. Several leading influencers in that space also draw lower favorability ratings than they did a year ago, according to the polling NBC News describes. The president's own standing with the group and the reputations of its best-known online voices appear to be moving in the same direction. The shift is notable because these voters were part of the group that returned the president to power.

NBC News correspondent Jon Allen covered the development on October 27, 2026, in a segment of roughly three minutes. The coverage describes the trend in cautious terms: the men may be reconsidering, and their support may be waning, rather than having definitively turned away.

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