A recent poll from Harvard University’s Institute of Politics found that voters born after 1996, also known as Generation Z, are extremely unenthusiastic about the prospect of a Trump-Biden rematch in this year’s presidential contest. Shockingly, and in a massive rebuke to President Biden and the Democrats, less than 50 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds now say they’ll “definitely” cast a vote in the 2024 election. With younger generations looking to third-party candidates or sitting out entirely, it’s important to understand the mindset of Gen Z and their political vision.
The emerging right-wing political ethos among Gen Z largely manifests as a response to the dominance of liberal ideals across nearly every facet of life.
Having been born in 1997, I just made the cut as a Gen Z’er. And as a former leftist, I grew up idolizing Barack Obama. He was cool. He made pithy jokes about Republicans and went on late-night TV. I was raised on “The Daily Show” and “Parks and Rec,” which taught me that the party of conservative fundamentalists and fat cats solidifies itself in resentment against the party of the young progressive visionary.
It wasn’t until I was in college that I decided to actually listen to conservative commentary straight from the source to discover exactly why they were wrong, and I was right.
My entire worldview collapsed over that semester, to the point that I questioned not only my deep attachment to leftist politics but my atheism as well. I had been so
