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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world
 

Four-times-indicted former president Donald Trump has been successfully selling white Christian nostalgia, racism and xenophobia to his base. However, the Public Religion Research Institute’s massive poll of 6,616 participants suggests that what works with his base might pose an insurmountable problem with Gen Z teens and Gen Z adults (who are younger than 25).

Demographically, this cohort of voters bears little resemblance to Trump’s older, whiter, more religious followers. “In addition to being the most racially and ethnically diverse generation in our nation’s history, Gen Z adults also identify as LGBTQ at much higher rates than older Americans,” the PRRI poll found. “Like millennials, Gen Zers are also less likely than older generations to affiliate with an established religion.”

Those characteristics suggest Gen Z will favor a progressive message that incorporates diversity and opposes government imposition of religious views. Indeed, “Gen Z adults (21%) are less likely than all generational groups except millennials (21%) to identify as Republican.” Though 36 percent of Gen Z adults identify as Democrats, their teenage counterparts are more likely to be independents (51 percent) than older generations.

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[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Headline aside, 28% turnout for genz vs 23% for millenials, genx, and boomers in their respective first midterms is not going to swing an election where current boomers turn out 70% and genx turn out 60.

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But they did swing the 2022 midterms.

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/analyses/the-2022-midterm-elections-what-the-historical-data-suggest

In the 22 midterm elections from 1934 -2018, the President's party has averaged a loss of 28 House seats and four Senate seats.

In 2022 the Democratic party only lost 7 House seats and gained a Senate seat.

Leading into the election polli g and pundits predicted a decisive win for Republicans, and the unprecedented youth the out by Gen Z is credited as being a difference maker in the Democratic party outperforming expectations.

It would be foolish to write off Gen Z in 2024 by attributing to them the preceding generations' (including mine, I'm Gen X) participation at matching ages.

[–] tburkhol@lemmy.world -3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I feel like the 2022 turnout is more down to the unique conditions and issues, across the age spectrum - especially Dobbs and election lies - than to anything specific to 20-year-olds. 28% turnout still means that the vast majority of GenZ can't be bothered.

I mean, the handful of GenZ that have reached adulthood do seem marginally more active than other post-war cohorts, but they aren't overthrowing historic voting trends. Pinning hopes for future political outcomes on them is as foolish as pinning the future of US democracy to black voters, or hispanic voters or any other minority/niche population, but media love doing just that. Just try googling "black women save democracy."

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well fuck it, let's ignore the last two elections they influenced and give up on them then.

Or, I dunno,

So it be smart to go listen to try and not only keep them at the table, to offer more chairs too.

[–] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

No way buddy if they're not showing up for the whitest, oldest, boomerest strike blocking genocide supporting procorporate trash candidate there's literally no pleasing them. These damn 40 year old kids don't know a compromise when they see it! /s

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I'm not saying to pin all hopes on the one generation. I'm saying don't write them off as disengaged non-voters when they've already shown a higher participation rate than their predecessors at their current age.