GenZ is pessimistic

[BabyBoomer50s]

Interesting feature article in WSJ about the pessimism of Gen Z and how it might swing the election. Many plan to sit this one out. Paywalled but here’s the headline and a few charts that help tell the story.

The Rough Years That Turned Gen Z Into America’s Most Disillusioned Voters​

Young adults are more skeptical of government and pessimistic about the future than any living generation before them​

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Interesting feature article in WSJ about the pessimism of Gen Z and how it might swing the election. Many plan to sit this one out. Paywalled but here’s the headline and a few charts that help tell the story.

The Rough Years That Turned Gen Z Into America’s Most Disillusioned Voters​

Young adults are more skeptical of government and pessimistic about the future than any living generation before them​

Only half of them can vote anyhow. I'd be more interested in the Millennials ratio.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Only half of them can vote anyhow. I'd be more interested in the Millennials ratio.

Still significant in a race that looks to be decided by a small number of swing voters. From the article:

“Roughly 41 million Gen Z Americans—ages 18 to 27—will be eligible to vote this year, according to Tufts University.”

 

[Fuzzy1975]

Still significant in a race that looks to be decided by a small number of swing voters. From the article:

“Roughly 41 million Gen Z Americans—ages 18 to 27—will be eligible to vote this year, according to Tufts University.”

I'm not doubting it will be a close election, but there are 74.5 million Millennials, and all can vote. Seems their voting outlook would be more important? As I've mentioned before the early polling stuff is just something to give the pundits a topic of conversation.

Frankly neither generation gets out to vote.

 

[Rotadom]

President Biden did extremely well with young voters in the last election and now many of them are running for office.

Good luck with your expectations.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

President Biden did extremely well with young voters in the last election and now many of them are running for office.

Good luck with your expectations.

Many members of Gen Z (defined as born in or after 1997) are running for office?

 

[Rotadom]

Many members of Gen Z (defined as born in or after 1997) are running for office?

How drunk are you before lunch? How many drinks did it take for you to manifest "Gen Z" from my post?

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

How drunk are you before lunch? How many drinks did it take for you to manifest "Gen Z" from my post?

Maybe you didn’t catch the title and subject of this thread. Have another beer.

 

[Rotadom]

Maybe you didn’t catch the title and subject of this thread. Have another beer.

I considered that when I said, "young people" Wade Boggs.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

What comes after GenZ? Gen ZZ Top?

 

[Veroe]

Interesting feature article in WSJ about the pessimism of Gen Z and how it might swing the election. Many plan to sit this one out. Paywalled but here’s the headline and a few charts that help tell the story.

The Rough Years That Turned Gen Z Into America’s Most Disillusioned Voters​

Young adults are more skeptical of government and pessimistic about the future than any living generation before them​

Can't really blame them. All their lives all they've seen from government is it working for others and against them.

I'd be skeptical and pessimistic about politics too.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Still significant in a race that looks to be decided by a small number of swing voters. From the article:

“Roughly 41 million Gen Z Americans—ages 18 to 27—will be eligible to vote this year, according to Tufts University.”

Simultaneously, the Boomers, who overwhelmingly make up the core of MAGA, are dying off at a rate of 2% of the entire voting populace each 4-year voting cycle beginning back in 2004 (when they had a comfy 58% of the vote).
2020 was the "tipping point" where the Boomers comprised a bare 50% and 2024 is going to be a very interesting year.

MAGA has gotten more vocal, but their absolute numbers are dwindling. They will need to rely more upon chicanery, deception and voter suppression to maintain their White patriarchy.

Control over the judicial branch will only extend so far, as the visceral reaction to the "legislated from the bench" Dobbs decision has shown.

America is past due for a reckoning as the old order disappears.

 

[Chernosoth]

What comes after GenZ? Gen ZZ Top?

We could drop the generation marketing labels and use birth decades.

 

[Lazaran]

Pessimism is transitory.

Boomers are dying.