Attendees hold signs during a campaign event with state Rep. Claire Valdez in Brooklyn, New York, on June 22, 2026. | Adam Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images Conventional wisdom holds that young voters are idealistic and socially progressive dreamers, while older voters are hard-headed, pragmatic, and much more attuned to pocketbook issues. Conventional wisdom, meet Gen Z. Between 2020 and 2024, voters in this cohort swung right by more than 20 percentage points — but now they’re boomeranging back away from President Donald Trump, mainly over the cost of living and a deep sense of econo...
Gen Z can’t afford the culture war
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Nov 2, 2026 • 4 hours ago
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