A year after Charlie Kirk’s death, are young voters turning on Trump?
Turning Point USA has expanded its campus presence, even as Trump’s support among young men has fallen.
One year after the assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, the organisation he co-founded, Turning Point USA (TPUSA), has expanded its presence in schools across the United States, even as young voters show growing dissatisfaction with the Republican Party.
As of Thursday, Turning Point has more than 3,500 high school chapters, up 180 percent since Kirk’s death, according to the organisation.
Kirk was a prominent conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump at the time of his death on September 10, 2025. He was assassinated while speaking to students at Utah Valley University, in an incident captured on video.
Only 32 percent of men ages 18 to 29 approved of Trump’s performance in August, down from 43 percent in February 2025, according to polling from the news agency Reuters and the research firm Ipsos.