While boys don’t get a vote, they are impacted by politics. And soon they reach 18 years of age and have a voice at the ballot box. This year, first-time male voters cast their ballot for Trump a majority of the time, a shift to the right and a growing voting gender gap among young READ MORE
Author: Mark Sutton
Mark Sutton, MBA, formerly served as Director for The Boys Initiative and has been passionate about supporting male well-being for over 30 years. He has produced radio content for NPR, Air America Radio, and The Mother Jones Radio Show, and hosted the podcast Liberal Arts with Mark Sutton. As a gender expert, he has appeared on MSNBC, CBS Radio, The Tin Men podcast, The Chris Voss Show, and served as guest host for the TV show Men’s Net.
Mark is also passionate about economic justice, having worked in the field of Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFI) supporting low-income communities and individuals where he focused on social outcome data and policy. He has consulted or worked for many male-supportive nonprofit organizations including the Global Initiative for Boys and Men (GIBM) where he co-authored the first-ever state reports on the Status of Boys and Men for California and Colorado. In 2024, released his debut book How Democrats Can Win Back Men and he currently writes the Substack blog Men and the 2024 Election. Mark lives with his family in San Francisco, CA.
How Young Men Emerged as a Key Voting Bloc in 2024
Among the many story lines of the 2024 election, the emergence of young male voters as an important voting bloc is at the top of the list. While TBI is non-partisan, having young men’s votes matter raises the likelihood of young men’s issues by all parties, something that TBI supports. One reason this became a READ MORE