Gen Z Is Less Religious, More Liberal, More LGBTQ – But Will They Vote?
Gen Z in 2022 voted at a higher rate than previous generations did the first time they were eligible, and another 8 million will be eligible to vote in the 2024 elections, but will they? “In a matchup between Biden and Trump, many young voters say they might choose silence,” Teen Vogue reported last week: “After a record-breaking youth turnout in 2020 helped decide the election for President Joe Biden, a recent poll released by the Harvard Kennedy School shows that young Americans seem less likely to vote in 2024 than they were in 2020.
According to the poll, at this point in the 2020 election cycle, 57% of Americans between ages 18 and 29 were planning to vote; that number has since declined to 49%.” 41 million members of Gen Z could vote in November.
A study published Monday conducted by Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) reveals more Gen Z adults identify as Democrats than Millennials, Gen Xers, or Baby boomers.
Axios reports they are “less likely than older generations to join an established religion, far more likely to identify as LGBTQ and generally are less likely to be Republican.” READ MORE: ‘MAGA Mace’: Trump Endorsement Sparks Massive Criticism for GOP Congresswoman A plurality, and more than one in three (36%), identify as Democrats, the study shows.
