Excitement that “we’re so back” resounds, but the reality is not as reversed as the political Right and Left make it out to be. The Left, in fact, is even beginning to hate the image of itself in conservative youth.

In imprecise terms, that image is the new, exorbitant confidence among conservatives, particularly those in the 18-to-30 age range, that flowed in with President Donald Trump’s victory. The group demands profiling just by being itself. And seeing as how the president’s current approval has no real racial demographic signal, young conservatives, dominant and vocal, are the political focus. Curious left-leaning outlets are filling in the portrait of a youngster, largely by flocking to inaugural parties.