Hour 3 - What do the numbers say?
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 11.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Hour 3 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show dives deep into the shifting landscape of American politics, voter demographics, and cultural trends, featuring data-driven insights from Ryan Girdusky, host of It’s a Numbers Game on the Clay and Buck Podcast Network. This hour delivers compelling analysis on the Republican surge among Gen Z voters, with Pew Research showing a dramatic 44-point swing toward the GOP among men under 30 and a 14-point shift among young women. Girdusky highlights how Donald Trump’s 2024 victory among young white and non-white men signals a generational realignment.
The hosts explore how COVID-19 shaped political identity, comparing its impact to historical events like Vietnam and WWII. They also examine the influence of Gen X parents—America’s most Republican demographic—on younger voters, and how cultural backlash against progressive norms is fueling conservative momentum.
A key segment focuses on Latino voter trends, revealing that only 8% of Latinos who supported Trump in 2024 plan to vote Democrat in 2026, with a notable drop in Democratic support among Biden-Trump voters. The conversation then shifts to Kamala Harris’s political future, with Girdusky suggesting her influence is waning within the Democratic Party.
The hour also tackles gerrymandering, with claims that Democrats are more aggressive in redistricting than Republicans, citing states like Illinois, Maryland, and Massachusetts. The discussion expands to Democratic leadership, naming Bernie Sanders and AOC as rising progressive figures, while questioning the viability of candidates like Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, and Mayor Pete.
Listeners are treated to humorous commentary on broadcasting appearance standards, including critiques of Clay’s wardrobe and beard, and reflections on the scrutiny faced by male media personalities. The segment closes with updates on Clay and Buck’s YouTube channel, a push for more subscriber engagement, and a preview of upcoming original content.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.2 | Third hour of Clay and Buck kicks off now. |
| 0:07.0 | Our friend Ryan Gurdowski is back in the mix with us. |
| 0:10.9 | He is a star of the Clay and Buck Podcast Network. |
| 0:14.1 | His show, it's a numbers game. |
| 0:16.2 | For those of you who just want to know, what is the data telling us? |
| 0:19.2 | What is the reality of American politics |
| 0:21.2 | based on the facts, the figures, all that good stuff. |
| 0:25.1 | You want to impress all your friends who think they know about politics, listen to It's |
| 0:28.2 | a numbers game by Ryan Gurdisky. |
| 0:31.8 | Mr. Ryan, good to have you on, sir. |
| 0:34.0 | Thanks for having me back. |
| 0:36.3 | Let's talk. |
| 0:37.1 | What's the most interesting stuff you're seeing right now? I mean, I've seen some of the numbers, for example. I mean, I was going to just lay it out to you, but actually, I want to know about this. The switch from Democrat to Republican for men, I think the number that I saw was under 40, basically, or maybe it was under 45 over the last two years |
| 0:55.7 | is stunning stuff. Are those numbers real to you? Is the data good on that? And what's going on? |
| 1:02.2 | So it comes out of Pew Research. Pew Research reported that a party identification for men |
| 1:08.8 | under the age of 30 had a 44 point swing towards Republicans. |
| 1:13.6 | From Republicans having 36% to 52%, and among women under 30, there was a 14 point swing from women having 30 to 37. |
| 1:22.6 | Obviously, Democrats lost 7 in that mix is where you get the 14 from. |
| 1:26.6 | Now, is that numbers real? |
| 1:28.6 | They're not based off of party registration numbers, right? |
| 1:31.7 | So they didn't go to every state that registers people by party, and most states don't register people by party. |
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