Summary

Gen Z posted greater voter turnout in 2022 compared to previous generations in midterm elections. As the 2024 election approaches, campaigning continues to be directed at this generation — including outreach led by Gen Z voters themselves.

Gen Z voters are more motivated to participate in elections due to specific policy issues, particularly reproductive rights. Political groups and candidates are implementing new strategies to engage this generation, including peer-to-peer organizing and authentic messaging.

Vice President Harris has been praised for her relatable social media presence, while former President Trump has appeared on popular male-dominated podcasts.

  • Snot Flickerman
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    2 days ago

    Unlike previous generations who were able to conveniently ignore politics because most of it didn’t directly impact them, more young people than ever are LGBT+ and/or disabled.

    When I was growing up in the 90’s, white Christian America still dominated, and so fewer young people were getting directly involved simply because there were fewer people upset at the state of things and more people who believed the propaganda that everything was fine.

    Millennials and to a further extent Gen Z have lived in a world that just keeps fucking them over at every turn so they don’t have a choice but to become involved. Millennials got involved in their adulthood, and Gen Z is growing up around and being influenced by those adults who are now politically involved.

    It makes complete sense why they are more involved than past youth generations because in the past the youth had a lot less to lose.

    Also, getting pregnant in your thirties is risky business so abortion is by and large a youth issue, because it impacts young women more then older women.

    Currently the youth have a lot to lose so they are understandably getting involved.

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      Also, getting pregnant in your thirties is risky business so abortion is by and large a youth issue, because it impacts young women more then older women.

      I’d argue differently. Free access to abortion affects all women. Obviously young women in their prime child-bearing years are affected, but older women are more likely to have complications which make access to medical abortion a life-or-death issue. And the oldest remember what life was like before the Roe decision. So it is not surprising that women of all ages are viewing this election as if their lives depended on it.

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      However, young white men are skewing right. Because the only thing the left says to them is they are privileged pieces of shit that are useless rapists that are trusted less than bears. Winning strategy.

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        16 hours ago

        Bullshit. The message from the left is “you don’t HAVE to be a privileged piece of shit that is a useless rapist.” That isn’t just aimed at young white men. It’s aimed at anyone that was raised in a culture of toxic masculinity and feels like that’s the persona they have to project to be considered manly. You have the choice to not be that person. The fact that so many men are is why women don’t want to be alone around a strange man. Does that seem unfair to you? It probably is, but it’s the culture we’ve built over generations, and it’s going to take time and work to fix it. You aren’t part of the solution by complaining. The left is pointing out uncomfortable truths. The right is doubling down and trying to encode them into laws.

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        …“I don’t like what people are saying about me, so I’m going to prove them right”? Lmao

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          17 hours ago

          Lol, the mirror of which is, “I can’t believe people I insult didn’t support my cause!”

          Like what’s the win for you guys, to get someone who would have voted with you to be demotivated enough to stay home? And if so, isn’t that just the same childish attitude?

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            17 hours ago

            To help us get to the same page, could you tell me how a TikTok trend is related to political leaders and policies?

            Trump being in charge won’t stop people from insulting white men…or from being afraid of them. And it might actually make women more afraid of men (given surrounding policy changes).