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Meet ‘the loud majority.’ College conservatives are silent no longer.

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Conservative activists are spreading a message that colleges, and the younger generation, aren’t just the domain of liberals anymore.

Some conservative student groups report increased interest in their club activities.

Pollsters are evaluating whether more members of Generation Z are shifting rightward in their political views.

Some polls show young people appear to be less progressive than previous generations.

Polling from Edison Research shows that between 2020 and 2024 , the most growth in support for Mr. Trump from 18-to-29-year olds came from Black and Hispanic voters.

There’s also a yawning political gap between young men and young women.

Penn State's College Republicans mobilized last fall to support Republican candidates.

Ryan Klein : "There’s a lot of room for college kids to not only make their voices heard, but to have an outsized role in the political process" He and other members knocked on doors, tailgated with Pennsylvania Sen. Dave McCormick and helped bring Mr. Trump to campus.