The assassination last week of prominent conservative activist Charlie Kirk is mobilizing Republicans ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
Following Kirk’s slaying last week, Kirk’s Turning Point USA group has received in excess of 32,000 inquiries from people wanting to start new chapters of the organization, according to Andrew Kolvet, the executive producer of “The Charlie Kirk Show†podcast.
Kolvet stated on the social media platform X that TPUSA “has 900 official college chapters and around 1,200 high school chapters, with a presence on 3,500 total.â€
“I have personally received hundreds of offers to work for us, or to work for free, or to just help, however,†Kolvet explained to Fox News Digital.
Kirk, who was killed by a gunman while speaking at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, was instrumental in pivoting the youth vote away from the Democratic Party and to Republicans through his grassroots organizations Turning Point USA and Turning Point Action.
His impact is already being recognized with President Donald Trump declaring he will be awarding Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, drawing inspiration from Kirk for legislation designed to halt the dissemination of U.S. government-funded information intended for foreign audiences—what some critics have described as propaganda—domestically.
A fundraiser to support Charlie’s wife and two young children has raised more than $5 million from over 44,000 donors in less than a week. Charlie’s widow, Erika Kirk, said in a speech on Sept. 12 that the legacy and work of the conservative leader would continue.
“To everyone listening tonight across America, the movement my husband built will not die. It won’t. I refuse to let that happen. It will not die. All of us will refuse to let that happen. No one will ever forget my husband’s name, and I will make sure of it. It will become stronger, bolder, louder, and greater than ever,†she said.
Recent polling found that Republicans have made substantial gains among the youth vote. As reported in The Hill, a Decision Desk HQ survey found that Gen Z is now the most GOP-supporting generation. The Daily Signal has reported that 56% of young men aged 18-to-29 supported Trump in the November 2024 presidential election. That’s coupled with an 11-point shift by young women to favor the Republican presidential nominee from the 2020 presidential election.
A spring 2025 Yale Youth Poll also found that surveyed individuals of the 18-to-21 cohort surveyed supported Republicans in a generic ballot by 11.7 percentage points, whereas 22- to 29-year-old respondents favored Democrats by 6.4 percentage points.
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