Another Trump Golden Age Effect? New Poll Says

It’s variety of arduous to ignore. Since the presidential election last November, it’s fairly straightforward to spot Republicans. We are those who appear to have everlasting smiles painted on our faces. Many Americans have been respiration sighs of aid since Election Night, perhaps some more secretly. But a new Gallup ballot could have another clue as to how you notice the Republicans in a crowded room. They are those who are swigging down the Shirley Temples, and they’re just wonderful with it. Could life just be a little bit sweeter these days for the GOP?

A Record low of Americans are consuming alcoholic drinks according to Gallup. pic.twitter.com/0JxiQxIVb0

— Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 (@PollTracker2024) August 13, 2025

The new Gallup ballot reveals that Republicans are swearing off alcohol at report ranges to the tune of a almost 90-year low. The quantity of U.S. adults in common who don’t drink any alcohol has dropped to 54 p.c, as of July 2025. It is the bottom proportion of alcohol consumption among Americans since the ballot started in 1939. It is the most important lower among self-identified Republicans.

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According to the ballot, 46 p.c of Republicans reported consuming alcohol this yr, a lower of nearly a third from 2023. Yet, Democrats who said that they had consumed alcohol have been down only 5 p.c. Gee, I’m wondering why… While we chew on potential causes Democrats could have for wanting to drown their sorrows, the ballot also revealed that Americans’ consuming habits in common might be shifting because of a re-evaluation of the general health results of alcohol. Data confirmed that two-thirds of people ages 18-34 now say that consuming in moderation, which is outlined as one to two drinks per day, was unhealthy for their health. Half of those in that group don’t drink at all, an increase from 41 p.c in 2023.

Some in the alcohol industry have speculated on why alcohol consumption among Americans is down. Reasons vary from the provision of legal marijuana to the use of GLP-1 obesity medicine. But for Republicans, the explanations behind their backing away from the bar are even more different. President Trump may be the most well-known Republican teetotaler. He has been very open about not consuming after the death of his brother, Fred, Jr., at just 42 years of age from alcoholism. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., also swore off alcohol after being addicted to heroin in his youth. Other distinguished Republicans like Tucker Carlson and Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk also don’t drink. There is also hypothesis that sure teams of voters focused by the GOP, such as Evangelical Christians, Mormons, and the Amish, have elevated the quantity of Republicans who don’t drink.

I would not have guessed this. “For the first time, a majority of Americans, 53%, say drinking even in moderation is bad for one’s health … the lowest point in 90 years.” #gapol https://t.co/ovXZqlCOOG

— Joy (@ladytourism) August 13, 2025

liquor consumption has fallen general in nearly every demographic, including ladies, white people, and those in both the low and high income classes. Those who do drink say they drink an average of 2.8 drinks, down from 3.8 in 2024. 

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But let’s get back to those Democrats whose consuming habits have only shrunk by 5 p.c. It’s variety of straightforward to see why. They have to endure three-and-a-half more years of successful from Donald Trump. Had they not thrown all the pieces but the kitchen sink at him from the minute he rode down the escalator at Trump Tower, they’d have been accomplished with him in 2024. Now, they’ve to deal with a Trump who doesn’t have to fear about reelection, unless it is to troll them and say he “probably” will not run in 2028. And because he actually does not have to give two flips what the left thinks, is, in his second time period, in the immortal phrases of Rush Limbaugh, “having more fun than a human being should be allowed to have.”

Oh, sure, there are those of us who have our boozy adventures to inform, those where we insert the phrase “allegedly” before the best half. Rest assured, we could have more…cocktails and their associated tales. But many of our Republican brethren have determined the best manner to expertise the golden age of Trump is sober.

First we stopped consuming together. Then we stopped speaking. Now we just tweet at each other. Bring back the pint!

FT: Republicans are abstaining from alcohol at report ranges, as the nationwide consuming price of Americans plummets to a almost 90-year low.https://t.co/IhbezYZal2 pic.twitter.com/666YHGzvCx

— Karl Schamotta (@Karl_Schamotta) August 13, 2025

Editor’s Note: President Trump and his administration are main America into the “Golden Age” as Democrats strive desperately to stop it.  

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