Summary
Gen Z posted greater voter turnout in 2022 compared to previous generations in midterm elections. As the 2024 election approaches, campaigning continues to be directed at this generation — including outreach led by Gen Z voters themselves.
Gen Z voters are more motivated to participate in elections due to specific policy issues, particularly reproductive rights. Political groups and candidates are implementing new strategies to engage this generation, including peer-to-peer organizing and authentic messaging.
Vice President Harris has been praised for her relatable social media presence, while former President Trump has appeared on popular male-dominated podcasts.
This is great news. However, consider it fake news and vote early if you haven’t aready.
This election can not be close. Trump will destory families, your elder family members health care, and younger generations hopes and dreams for a good life. Same sex marriage, the palestinian people, muslims/arabs, an brown people, black people, and the poor will all have their destroyed.
Vote early! Educate others if possible and help them reach the poles. Also, LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!
Coming soon in the news: Trump blames Gen Z for being communists for losing the election
YoUnG pEoPlE dOn’T vOtE! - people who don’t want to address young people’s concerns.
- Congress person addresses young people’s concern 😁
- Young people don’t vote anyway 🥱
- Congress person gets replaced by gerontological conservative 😔
- Young people [surprised Pikachu face]
- Boomers continue to bankrupt social security 🤑
I’ll believe it when I see it. Voter turnout amongst young people is traditionally abysmal. That more are voting this time is great, but it’s still going to below 50%. Well, except for conservatives. They show up.
Please, people, voting takes less effort than a pub crawl. Just vote.
Pub crawls are too much effort, especially when you can just drink from the safety of your own home.
That said, I still voted. Dropping off my ballot was easier than getting up to use the bathroom when you’re hungover.
I’ll drink to that!
Unlike previous generations who were able to conveniently ignore politics because most of it didn’t directly impact them, more young people than ever are LGBT+ and/or disabled.
When I was growing up in the 90’s, white Christian America still dominated, and so fewer young people were getting directly involved simply because there were fewer people upset at the state of things and more people who believed the propaganda that everything was fine.
Millennials and to a further extent Gen Z have lived in a world that just keeps fucking them over at every turn so they don’t have a choice but to become involved. Millennials got involved in their adulthood, and Gen Z is growing up around and being influenced by those adults who are now politically involved.
It makes complete sense why they are more involved than past youth generations because in the past the youth had a lot less to lose.
Also, getting pregnant in your thirties is risky business so abortion is by and large a youth issue, because it impacts young women more then older women.
Currently the youth have a lot to lose so they are understandably getting involved.
Small clarification: more young people than ever are openly LGBT. They were always there, they just had to hide it.
1000% this. I’m now rediscovering my rather fluid gender identity and attraction to both genders that started in my late 30s. Looking back, all the signs were there, I just kept things private as it wasn’t socially acceptable. Had some outlet with the teen goth scene, which was nonexistent in college. Grew up in a heavily catholic influenced region.
Have an awesome wife who is supportive and revealed she is (now was) also closet bi from the same generation.
We moved away from there, but when I visit family all the churches are run down and closed. I smile every time knowing their grip is loosening. All the LGBT hate today just tastes like desperation.
Also, getting pregnant in your thirties is risky business so abortion is by and large a youth issue, because it impacts young women more then older women.
I’d argue differently. Free access to abortion affects all women. Obviously young women in their prime child-bearing years are affected, but older women are more likely to have complications which make access to medical abortion a life-or-death issue. And the oldest remember what life was like before the Roe decision. So it is not surprising that women of all ages are viewing this election as if their lives depended on it.
Cool, but I am not convinced that CIS Gen-Z men aren’t mobilized to vote for Trump.
Neither am I, but I am convinced cis-Gen-Z-men aren’t actually going to show up to fucking stand in line to vote after their 12 hour overnight shift at a steel mill.
These young guys are not a reliable voting bloc.
The Youngs, the olds and the Puerto Ricans will save us all. Cool
Who are the olds? Millennials?
Gen X ain’t doin shit, and Boomers are a foregone conclusion as the Champions of Dunning-Kruger.
I seem to recall some poll suggesting that Harris was doing better than typical for the dems with seniors, so Im guessing they were probably referring to what remains of the generation before Boomers
