Millennial Republicans More Likely to Identify as Racist Than Boomers: Poll

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Millennial Republicans More Likely to Identify as Racist Than Boomers: Poll
Published

Dec 03, 2025 at 11:57 AM EST

Jenna Sundel
By Jenna Sundel

A new national survey conducted by conservative think tank Manhattan Institute found that Millennial Republicans are more likely to call themselves racist than Baby Boomer Republicans.

A total of 34 percent of Republican survey respondents between the ages of 30 and 49 answered “I am such person” when asked for their views on individuals who openly express racist views. Only 3 percent of Republican survey respondents over the age of 65 answered “I am such person.”

A total of 23 percent of Republican survey respondents between the ages of 18 and 29 and 6 percent between the ages of 50 to 64 also answered “I am such person.”

Why It Matters
The Manhattan Institute said the survey “is one of the most exhaustive studies to date of the emerging multi-ethnic, working-class GOP,” featuring responses from nearly 3,000 voters. Respondents were asked about a wide range of policy issues, as well as racism, antisemitism, conspiracy theories and identity politics.

What To Know
The Manhattan Institute surveyed 1,493 Republicans and/or 2024 Trump voters, 301 Black Republicans and/or 2024 Trump voters, 501 Hispanic Republicans and/or 2024 Trump voters, and 500 additional registered voters overall between October 15 and October 26.

The margin of error is 2 percent for the general GOP sample.

The survey found that, overall, a majority of the current Republican Party rejects openly racist individuals, with 36 percent stating that these individuals are not welcome and do not represent what they stand for, and 16 percent saying the party can try to get their votes if it is useful, but they should not be in positions of power and leadership.

The survey also asked respondents about their views on individuals who openly express antisemitic views.

The Manhattan Institute found that younger Republicans are more likely to identify as someone who expresses antisemitic views, with 18 percent between the ages of 18 and 29 and 27 percent between the ages of 30 and 49 answering “I am such person.” Only 5 percent of Republicans respondents between the ages of 50 and 64 and 2 percent over the age of 65 answered “I am such person.”

The Manhattan Institute said that, overall, the current GOP rejects openly antisemitic individuals, with 48 percent stating that these individuals are not welcome and do not represent what they stand for and 12 percent saying the party can try to get their votes if it is useful, but they should not be in positions of power and leadership.

Millennial Republicans more likely to identify as racist than Boomers: poll

A national survey found that Millennial Republicans are more likely to call themselves racist than Baby Boomer Republicans.

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Interesting poll, though not really surprising. I'd probably chalk it up to MAGA making open 'cism more socially acceptable in the last decade. I doubt Boomer Republicans are really much less racist but I guess they were more low key about it in their day.

 

[TheJet]

I identify as a cracker crumbler. To Hell with all of them.

 

[BaggerofTea]

Anti blackness is a pillar of white culture unfortunately


It will be like this for the next thousand years.


Black folks need to move accordingly

 

[DonB90]

Boomers grew up in a time of relative stability where you could rent an apartment on minimum wage. They lived life on chill mode



These millenial crackas struggling out here, cant even buy a house with a bachelors degree and dry dikk then a mf'er so they're reverting back to their Yakubian ways of lashing out in anger for someone to blame.

So it makes sense

 

[Vandelay]

Boomers grew up in a time of relative stability where you could rent an apartment on minimum wage. They lived life on chill mode



These millenial crackas struggling out here, cant even buy a house with a bachelors degree and dry dikk then a mf'er so they're reverting back to their Yakubian ways of lashing out in anger for someone to blame.

So it makes sense

This exactly.

 

[Hater Eraser]

 

[Hater Eraser]

Anti blackness is a pillar of white culture unfortunately


It will be like this for the next thousand years.


Black folks need to move accordingly

 

[Hater Eraser]

I identify as a cracker crumbler. To Hell with all of them.

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

Younger people are just more open about it.
Older boomers don't believe they're racist even when they are. I'm not racist but...

 

[OneManGang]

Worst timeline

 

[Sir Richard Spirit]

The race war the coli is begging for will never happen. 99% of adults don’t give a fukk about your race.

 

[3rdWorld]

Cacs always been racist..but these New Whites grew up in the online era and like most of this generation lack tact and subtlety.

They're also bitter as fukk because the boomers had a closed system so they didn't have to compete with Black people.

 

[BaggerofTea]

The race war the coli is begging for will never happen. 99% of adults don’t give a fukk about your race.

these are the sort of the lies that come so easily to the Caucasian dialect


mfers will straight up lie and gaslight you to your face

 

[Scaaar]

Boomers grew up in a time of relative stability where you could rent an apartment on minimum wage. They lived life on chill mode



These millenial crackas struggling out here, cant even buy a house with a bachelors degree and dry dikk then a mf'er so they're reverting back to their Yakubian ways of lashing out in anger for someone to blame.

So it makes sense

They have been crashing out ever since they've had to actually compete with not only men of other races but their own women too. Then to top it off their women don't want to marry them or have sex with them because they're not forced to anymore. That's why they're idolizing and lionizing the wyte men of the old days but they're too cowardly to act like them in public or live up to that image so they crash out and have these mental breakdowns and identity crisis

 

[Scustin Bieburr]

Younger people are just more open about it.
Older boomers don't believe they're racist even when they are. I'm not racist but...

This is it.

Its like how boomers say they arent depressed and "dont believe in that shyt" while ignoring their doctors instructions, and choosing to drink and smoke themselves to death, complaining about everything alienating their friends and family and crashing out over minor inconveniences.

Trump is clearly a bisexual but refuses to acknowledge his homosexuality whilst at the same time saying and doing extremely gay shyt in public and behind closed doors.

The racism was always there. They just arent hiding it anymore.