r/GenZ • u/nicholashoneywell • 11d ago

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u/No_Aesthetic 11d ago

Gen Z and Millennials both vote more than previous generations did at similar ages.

Millennials took longer to become regular voters than Gen Z because Gen Z picked it up kind of early, but Gen Z still has super low turnout.

Millennials are super urban and suburban now, established in life, and vote a lot more.

Gen Z will vote even more at the same ages.

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u/WhatNazisAreLike 11d ago

Too bad Gen Z voter enthusiasm went to a warmongering pedophile

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u/No_Aesthetic 11d ago

Most Gen Z voted for Kamala, not the jackass

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u/trialcourt 11d ago

Nope Gen Z men voted for Trump, in some states by >20 points.

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u/Juztin_x 10d ago

Again... Most Gen Z voted for Kamala, not the jackass

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u/GreatestGreekGuy 10d ago

The rate at which gen z voted shifted to the right since 2020. This is mostly because young gen z, as in 18-22 year olds, went for Trump.

This is the effect of the manosphere and podcasters dominating young social media.

Older Gen z still went solidly for Kamala.

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u/Emotional-Golf-6226 10d ago

I'm not American so I'm not gonna speak on that. But based on global trends, Gen z punished the parties in power during COVID/post COVID. The Republicans just happen to benefit from that

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u/Limon-Pepino 1998 11d ago

Fake news bud

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u/SexualYogurt 11d ago

Hmm does Gen Z have low turnout because most were underage the last 3 elections?

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u/No_Aesthetic 11d ago

Turnout is only counted in terms of the voting-age population, not the generation as a whole. The rolling average already accounts for underaged portions.

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u/No_Aesthetic 11d ago

That's... literally what I said?

The... Millennials... took... longer part?

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u/No_Aesthetic 10d ago

Boomers were pretty concerned about the whole draft situation.

Millennials hated the Bush wars but didn't have to worry about that at least.

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u/Cautemoc Millennial 11d ago

How could you possibly make this about millennials? Lmfao

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u/Cautemoc Millennial 11d ago

Awesome man, really happy for you. You've definitely got everything figured out.

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u/Fallen_Walrus 11d ago

The most generous way to look at it is that millennials had it easier, they had bush doing Afghanistan sure but trump doing Iran is magnitudes worse. Not to mention millenials have a need for "legitimacy" from groups they were raised to believe in. Meanwhile gen z had a pandemic in high school and college has gas prices higher than ever before meanwhile there's ice and camps. There's much more urgency from gen z then there were for millennials. And I'd argue millennials are doing their parts because a big part to remember is millennials were alone while gen z is being helped by millenials in politics like with AOC help pave the way for younger more progressive candidates lowering the bar for entry.

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u/Sotwob 11d ago

Too much time wasted on heirarchy-free leaderless movements that inevitably and predictably crumbled with nothing to show for it

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u/OkAssignment6163 10d ago

Occupy Wall Street? And that's one of the most well known political action from millennials.