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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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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[-] Municipal0379@lemmy.world 167 points 1 year ago

I want this to be true with every being of my body. BUT….they’ve been saying this for years about each generation.

[-] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 79 points 1 year ago

Same. I’m nearly 40, and I’ve been hearing this since before I could vote, and yet the GOP hasn’t been voted out of existence. If it were up to me they’d be purged from every position of power nationwide.

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 46 points 1 year ago

There were/are a lot of olds. They have dominated politics for a long time and have also not died due to being the first people to take advantage of modern medicine.

[-] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

first people to take advantage of modern medicine

I never considered that, and it’s a damn tragedy. We gave the most short-sighted generation the longest lifespan in human history 🤦‍♂️

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah, unfortunately they're also the leaded gas generation.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

I mis led. Made pant tast good. I stop eeting pant win led got took a way.

Car slow down to. Never drank gas but huf it alot win I was a teenajer. Dint hurt me and I vote so thare.

[-] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There were/are a lot of olds. They have dominated politics for a long time and have also not died

I keep thinking Covid was a missed opportunity.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Republicans are doing a lot to hold on to power. There's multiple states where they control the courts and legislature but can't win a statewide office to save their life anymore. Which brings obvious questions about what the hell kind of elections they're running. It's also why they're pushing for a SCOTUS ruling to make legislatures the only state governing body that matters.

[-] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And instead what we got is the Democrat party moving to the right. Because as it turns out, procorporate trash would rather lose to fascists than compromise with leftists.

[-] Leviathan@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Weren't 2020 and 2022 record years for youth voter turnout?

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Shhh. Democrats can't keep ignoring issues important to young people if they admit young people vote.

[-] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

They were record years for voter turnout in general. So youth turnout, though improved from previous years, was still less than turnout of older generations.

[-] go_go_gadget@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Can't imagine why that would be. Boomers elected the whitest, oldest, boomerest candidate running in the 2020 primaries. Don't these young people know a compromise when they see it?? /s

[-] FlowVoid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, young voters were the strongest supporters of the oldest white guy in the 2020 Democratic primary. He came in second.

[-] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Could you be any more of a morale killer?

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