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Sunday, January 20th, 2019

Generation Z Looks a Lot Like Millennials on Key Social and Political Issues

Author:     KIM PARKER, NIKKI GRAF AND RUTH IGIELNIK
Source:     Pew Research Center
Publication Date:     JANUARY 17, 2019
 Link: Generation Z Looks a Lot Like Millennials on Key Social and Political Issues
Stephan:   If I were Republican I would fear for the future of my party. It is already becoming clear that except in a few of the really deep Red value states, the only way for a Republican to win is through tricks, gerrymandering, voter suppression or outright fraud.  And even in those deep red states change is underway. As this extensive Pew Research study shows, the next generation of American voters not only don't agree with Republican values, they loathe both Trump and the Republican Party. I take this as excellent good news.

Gen Z

No longer the new kids on the block, Millennials have moved firmly into their 20s and 30s, and a new generation is coming into focus. Generation Z – diverse and on track to be the most well-educated generation yet – is moving toward adulthood with a liberal set of attitudes and an openness to emerging social trends.

On a range of issues, from Donald Trump’s presidency to the role of government to racial equality and climate change, the views of Gen Z – those ages 13 to 21 in 2018 – mirror those of Millennials.1 In each of these realms, the two younger generations hold views that differ significantly from those of their older counterparts. In most cases, members of the Silent Generation are at the opposite end, and Baby Boomers and Gen Xers fall in between.2

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 1:07 pm

    The trouble is I do not believe we can depend on the Democrats either because they mostly are not progressive enough to want to change things enough to make drastic changes even if they take the government back from the Republicans. I hope I am wrong, but I doubt it because I usually am not.