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.
More than past generations at their age. 18-29 year olds still vote less than any other age group. About 25% of Gen Z voted in 2022. While they’re slightly more likely to vote than other age cohorts at the same age, youth voting is still dismal in the United States.
I sure as hell hope so. My generation, myself included, seems a bit lazy in comparison. I suppose the oldest of us millennials got hit hard by 2008, but I personally didn’t, I was a teenager. So really, we’ve grown accustomed to living in good times and that makes people lazy. I reckon Gen Z and soon Alpha are going to pick up where we’ve failed and I’m ready to grab the popcorn.
This might be different in my country where we don’t have a potential upcoming Trump presidency, BUT we’re still affected by American politics. Last time Trump got elected, we had a huge surge in right wing Christian family values politics. We’re an atheist or at best pagan nation at heart so this felt so fake from the get-go. Wdym “back to our Christian roots”? We used to fight Christianity with pitchforks and stuff!
I’m a younger millennial, my Alpha kids 10/7 are both very much so aware of social issues and we don’t sugar coat answers when they ask questions. I’m trying to subliminally give them a fighting chance to think about this stuff on their own and make the right decisions.
Do housing next. That’s an area where everyone is equally fucked on the political spectrum aside from the rich.
Corporations should not own housing, unless its a non-profit working to serve the underprivileged.
And we’re still somehow projected to lose the election to Donald fucking Trump.
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!
Honestly I think a lot more than that is at stake if Trump dissolves NATO and destroys democracy, both of which he has already attempted to do before.
Hear a lot of Gen Z men vote Trump so still vote like your life depends on it. Because it does.
I think going from the relatively peaceful period of the 90s in the west to living through the Bush administration, 9/11, racist fear mongering and alarmism over terrorism, mass erosion of rights and privacy, jingoism and wars in the Middle East under false pretenses, the Bush adminstration’s connections with the military-industrial complex getting exposed, seeing stuff like Fox News, Glenn Beck, and Bill O’Reilly start to mindrot the boomer generation into unrecognizable husks of their former selves, the 2008 market crash due the effects of all the failed conservative economic policies and deregulation that occured the past few decades — coloured Gen Xers’ and Millennials’ perspectives in a way that I imagine would be difficult for Gen Z to grasp.
They have no point of reference to see how badly things changed under the Republican party because they already grew up in the shit, and due to Republican obstructionism they may think that it’s Democrats faults because Obama and Biden were in the White House, but much of the fixing actually needs to happen in the house. But even that may not be enough because of the partisan Supreme Court.
And honestly, in a case of a lot of cis Gen Z boys who’ve been sucked into some shoddy conservative ideas, I feel like we failed them if guys like Andrew Tate, Trump, and other such garbage heaps of human beings were the ones getting through to them.
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!
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 🤑
Like so. Just preemptively announce that young people aren’t gonna vote so you can continue to ignore their concerns.
Coming soon in the news: Trump blames Gen Z for being communists for losing the election
Cool, but I am not convinced that CIS Gen-Z men aren’t mobilized to vote for Trump.
https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-changes-political-divides-2019-7?op=1
Yeah, but watch out. Allegedly they’re more conservative than you think.
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.
Gen X is running for fucking president and vice president, yo.
In Iowa, Harris is leading by a lot with the over 65 crowd. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/iowa-poll/2024/11/02/iowa-poll-kamala-harris-leads-donald-trump-2024-presidential-race/75354033007/
They’ll learn just like we did, voting doesn’t matter. Continuing this charade of democracy where we vote 2 parties and watch as things get worse year on year, or only concern being “Well the others will make it even worse”.
Real change comes from the streets, from riot and protest, that’s what has lead to everything we are now losing today because we no longer fight.
Cool, you first. Go ahead. When the Trump Gestapo start marching down the steer in broad daylight, go out and riot. We’ll be right behind you.
A few more days and we won’t have to deal with these lazy responses. Once Harris wins we can go back to focusing on the actual problems of capitalism and democracy.
