The women who could make or break MAGA

Among the sweeping tent of President Donald Trump’s winning coalition in 2024, there’s a niche that’s often overlooked despite the potency of its role in the burgeoning young right: conservative women. It’s these women, like Christian conservative influencer Savanna Faith Stone, who say “we're not really identifying with the MAGA party anymore.” “Promises that were made have not been delivered on at all, and I think young women are realizing that,” Stone said in an interview with POLITICO. “They're realizing, ‘Hey, you promised lower gas prices. You promised the economy would be better. Like, that's why we voted for you.’” Stone, who turns 21 this week, is one of a flurry of influencers who flocked to San Antonio this weekend, young families in tow, to gather under a bevy of bright pink lights at Turning Point USA’s Women’s Leadership Summit. It’s the biggest gathering of its kind for the young female right — a space for a collective disdain for “woke” culture, a love for God and kinship under the theme of “faith, family and freedom.” But bubbling under the surface are divisions within the GOP that have enveloped the online voices of the young right and a budding disillusionment among young women with the politics of the second Trump administration. It’s all part of a growing divide between being “MAGA” in 2026 and being “America First.” Trump is “not America first,” Stone said. She voted for a president who promised no new wars, who was pro-family and would bring down costs. “It's harder than ever for a young couple to be able to buy a home,” she added. Young women moved from 33 percent for Trump in 2020 to 40 percent in 2024, while recent polling has shown the partisan gender divide is more stark than ever. Now less than six months out from the midterms, the young female right’s biggest voices are warning women could sit out the midterm elections. “I cannot express to you the level of alarm bells that should be ringing for the GOP,” as women consider not voting, c