In this year’s survey, we found that young people who felt cynical were far more likely to say they would vote. “The outcomes of the 2018 elections will make a significant impact to everyday issues involving the government in my community, such as schools and police.” “I’m more cynical about politics than I was 2 years ago.” “I worry that older generations haven’t thought about young people’s future.” To learn more about what might was motivating Generation Z to vote, we asked survey participants to rate their level of agreement with three statements. It’s clear that more young people were actively engaged in politics this year than 2016. This fall, the proportion of youth who reported that they were paying attention to the midterm races rose to 46 percent. In 2016, about 26 percent of young people said they were paying at least some attention to the November elections. We also found that young people were paying attention to politics more than they had in 2016. Participation was especially high among young people who are registered as Democrats.
The proportion of young people who joined protests and marches tripled since the fall of 2016, from 5 percent to 15 percent. All signs pointed to wave of young people This fall, my colleagues and I conducted two large-scale national surveys of 2,087 Americans ages 18 to 24 to document and understand what Gen Zs are thinking, feeling and doing when it comes to politics. So how do we explain this year’s enthusiasm? Going back 40 years, young voters have a reputation of not showing up to the polls, especially in midterm elections. Young people should be feeling powerful and hopeful that they can in fact exercise their votes to affect American politics. It shows in the numbers, and importantly, in young people’s faces. In many ways, this election cycle showed how different groups can create diverse paths to political engagement. If young Montanans voted like older Montanans did on Tuesday, Montana would have a Republican Senator today. Young Montanans, by favoring him by 67 percent to 28 percent, gave him a relative vote advantage of over 25,000 votes. This preference no doubt helped some Democratic candidates in states such as Wisconsin, Montana and Nevada.įor example, Senator Jon Tester of Montana won his reelection by a narrow margin of less than 6,000 votes.
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