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Even if it’s not the world that I would like to see, I cannot in good conscience allow the status quo to continue,” a Gen Zer from Western Pennsylvania notes in the book, explaining why she’d vote despite not being fully supportive of Biden.

“Because it’s my responsibility…to do everything I can to make the world even just a little bit better. Young voters, according to hundreds of focus group findings, are overwhelmingly eager to address some of society’s most pressing challenges. When over a third of eligible young people cast a vote in 2018, it nearly doubled 2014’s rate. In both the 2018 midterms and 2020 presidential election, Gen Z’s turnout broke records. Myth: “Zoomers don’t show up at the polls” “The same daily weight on an adult’s shoulders over bills or taxes is what children feel about living or dying.”īelow, explore five myths media and older generations get wrong about Gen Z: 1. “An older generation would not understand walking into a classroom and thinking about how easy it would be for someone to shoot it up,” said Grace, then 20, naming what she thinks older generations fundamentally misunderstand in one of Della Volpe’s focus groups. Zoomers are also painfully aware of the differences between themselves, born in the late 90s and early 2000s, and people born prior who would not have had the experience of fearing death at schools, theaters, or grocery stores. “We are more empathetic, tuned in to the news, and educated,” Alex told Della Volpe. Both rates are up about 20% when compared to 2015’s results from millennials.Īnd in the words of Alex, a Black high school student in the Midwest, Gen Zers “can be extremely effective leaders, as many of us have been educating ourselves on social issues for a lot of our lives.” In 2021, 61% of Zoomers agreed the government should do more to reduce poverty 64% agreed basic health insurance is a right, according to the Harvard Institute of Polling. “Rather than melting … just kind of turning away, when you see all this chaos, which would be what a lot of people would expect,” Della Volpe told The 74, “ has actually become more focused, more motivated, potentially more angry, and more concerned about creating justice, not just for themselves, but for all those who are vulnerable across the country.” have grown up in an era marked by record gun violence, the opioid epidemic, threats to fair elections, the pandemic, economic recession and police brutality, Della Volpe notes. Zoomers show up at the polls in historic numbers, for instance, while experiencing higher rates of depression and anxiety than older peers. John Della Volpe, author and director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School, analyzed the generation’s stressors and biggest motivators - and found Zoomers are more action-oriented, politically engaged and optimistic than portrayed.

Donate here to support The 74's independent journalism.Īsk a Boomer or Millenial what they think of Gen Zers and their observations are far from flattering: Overly sensitive, socialist, disengaged, dependent on technology.īut those stereotypes have little basis in reality, according to the book, Fight: How Gen Z is Channeling Their Fear and Passion to Save America, released earlier this year. Sign up here for The 74’s daily newsletter.