It could be that what fuels complaints against Generation Z gives former President Donald Trump an edge with the young voters and a win over Vice President Kamala Harris. Eyes fixated on youth turnout as a critical voting bloc when early voting began in September, and they remain there on Election Day.
Much has been made of Gen Z’s political gender gap: Young men swing right while young women swing left, each to increasing degrees. Their motivations vary, and the young women are considerably more pronounced, but the intragenerational experience is real. The normally low-turnout young male vote is in view and key to a Trump win, which was courted with help from influencer Jake Paul and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. Meanwhile, Harris and her Democratic colleagues stand on young, single women to maintain reliable electorates.
Idiosyncrasies of Gen Z have been…
