Welcome Generation Z Voters
Voter breakdown - 2020
Age 18-24: 42% of total vote count
Age 25-34: 31% of total vote count
Age 35-44: 13% of total vote count
Age 45-54: 8% of total vote count
Age 55-64: 4% of total vote count
Age 65+: 2% of total vote count
Generation Z - Anyone born after 1996
Most members of this generation are not yet old enough to vote, but as the oldest among them turn 23 this year, roughly 24 million will have the opportunity to cast a ballot in November. And their political clout will continue to grow steadily in the coming years, as more and more of them voting age.
This new generation was in line to inherit a strong economy with record-low unemployment. That was all changed when Covid-19 reshaped the country's social, political and economic landscape. That says Gen Z is now peering into an uncertain but hopeful future.
Different from other generations, Gen Z are more racially and ethnically diverse, and they are on track to be the most well-educated generations yet. They are also digital natives who have little or no memory of the world as it existed before smartphones.Similar to the Millennials, Gen Zers are progressive and pro-government, most see the country's growing racial and ethnic diversity as a good thing, and they're less likely than older generations to see the United States as superior to other nations.
A Pew Research Center survey conducted in January of 2021 found that about 22% of Gen Z voters approved of how Donald Trump handled his job, while about 77% disapproved.
The racially and ethnically diverse Gen Z will definitely spell bad news for the Republican Party of Trump in 2022 and 2024.
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