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.
So do those of us in Gen X who remember being young. I’m just disappointed in my fellow X’ers who seem to be following “the older you get the more conservative”
If i talk about numerous of social injustice and problems in the world its pretty apparent the his ideology is pretty woke. He is also supports equality, personal freedoms, the most left progressive local party.
That is, as long as you don’t mention the word woke. After which reason flies out of the windows and you could almost confuse him for a fascist.
100% blame facebook for that.
I think the only thing I’m becoming more conservative about as I get older is, please don’t crash civilization. I can’t do the things I used to be able to do and I’d rather not die fighting over food.
I blame peer groups, whether Facebook or real life. Of my three brothers and I, with the same upbringing and with a very progressive Mom, all of our political compasses are roughly inline with what you’d expect for where we live, work and play. I don’t know if it’s cause or affect, but the demographics fit