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Sky Jewels

(8,904 posts)
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 02:06 PM Nov 2024

Gen Z is bringing it with record-breaking turnout: The Kids Are All Right!

WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — With Election Day just a few days away, a Gen Z-led organization is projecting that young voters are on track to break youth voter turnout records.

Voters of Tomorrow said a report has found early vote turnout is surpassing initial projections.

"Pulling from official early vote totals from Secretary of State data as of 6:00 pm Thursday, Voters of Tomorrow is tracking increased youth early vote turnout in multiple battleground states and nationwide," the organization said in a press release Friday.

Voters of Tomorrow said young voters across the nation have surpassed the early vote turnout projection by 20%. The organization said the benchmarks are based on 2022 voting preference rates.


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Michigan, for example, is showing a youth early vote increase over projections of +221%!!

I would wager that Republicans in the know are beginning to shit multiple bricks over the blue tsunami that is about to wipe them out.

Gen Z-led organization projecting record youth voter turnout nationally
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Gen Z is bringing it with record-breaking turnout: The Kids Are All Right! (Original Post) Sky Jewels Nov 2024 OP
Goosebumps cilla4progress Nov 2024 #1
No breakdowns on party afil or sex, so lets hope. getagrip_already Nov 2024 #2
I would bet a lot of money it is majority female, probably by a huge number, Sky Jewels Nov 2024 #4
Lots of stories lately about young white men being mostly for Trump. Maybe non-college educated.... nt LAS14 Nov 2024 #11
Yes, there definitely are some of them, Sky Jewels Nov 2024 #13
Yes, I'm counting heavily on their not getting off the couch and finding a polling place. nt LAS14 Nov 2024 #37
Hmm. Perhaps, but I do not buy the term 'mostly' for Trump. The GenZ kids I know are leaning into PatrickforB Nov 2024 #33
PatrickforB....... Upthevibe Nov 2024 #39
Could Gen Z and the Baby Boomers askyagerz Nov 2024 #3
Millennials seem to be for Harris also arlyellowdog Nov 2024 #6
OK, it looks like EVERY age group is for Harris now! ananda Nov 2024 #26
lol @ GenX ignored once again! Orrex Nov 2024 #28
Yep. We're used to it, no? Happyhippychick Nov 2024 #34
Yes indeed! Orrex Nov 2024 #42
I told my Gen Z daughter, us X'ers raised ourselves like Nell in the jungle. And damn proud of it! Happyhippychick Nov 2024 #44
I don't really want to be in the middle of the boomer/millenial/z drama anyway. Chellee Nov 2024 #35
I'm down with that. Orrex Nov 2024 #43
My girls are part of that number! Dulcinea Nov 2024 #5
That's wonderful! Sky Jewels Nov 2024 #9
Pollsters' "likely voters" do not include these new voters Qutzupalotl Nov 2024 #7
Totally agree. Sky Jewels Nov 2024 #8
Yes, they will! ShazzieB Nov 2024 #30
Yes, they will! ShazzieB Nov 2024 #32
As long as it's not the bro vote ibegurpard Nov 2024 #10
I truly doubt it. Sky Jewels Nov 2024 #14
The incel's MO is complaining and violence, not actually doing something helpful. Clouds Passing Nov 2024 #20
That's been the Reich Wing plan for the last 100years. AZ8theist Nov 2024 #27
women have outvoted men every year NJCher Nov 2024 #22
I've said it & will say it again, the young ppl saved democracy in 2020. They will save it again this election. onetexan Nov 2024 #12
Yes! I love Gen Z so much. Sky Jewels Nov 2024 #15
Teenager wearing Trump shirt charged with punching Harris supporter, 70 EllisWhy Nov 2024 #16
"Florida Teen Well On His Way to Becoming Florida Man" Sky Jewels Nov 2024 #18
My gen-z son voted straight blue!! SunSeeker Nov 2024 #17
They better Dem4life1234 Nov 2024 #19
That was my first thought reading this post..it's their future and it's not gonna be a one time trip to the polls Deuxcents Nov 2024 #31
Smells like teen spirit. dchill Nov 2024 #21
dchill Upthevibe Nov 2024 #41
Women and young people will bring it home malaise Nov 2024 #23
My son is a democrat and gamer Puppyjive Nov 2024 #24
North Carolina is one of the top states mnhtnbb Nov 2024 #25
Senior with Gen Z kid voted both for Harris! Clouds Passing Nov 2024 #29
Hope they're not Hitler Youth lame54 Nov 2024 #36
Nope! Mostly pissed off/terrified young women! Sky Jewels Nov 2024 #40
Awesome! And the majority of the Gen Z'ers on twitter have voted blue. iluvtennis Nov 2024 #38

Sky Jewels

(8,904 posts)
4. I would bet a lot of money it is majority female, probably by a huge number,
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 02:14 PM
Nov 2024

and I have seen data that is backing that up somewhere, but even if it is not, young men are still very progressive as compared to other men. And there are only so many wimmin-hating incels who have the gumption to put down their bag of Cheetos and the video game controls and fill out a ballot.

LAS14

(15,079 posts)
11. Lots of stories lately about young white men being mostly for Trump. Maybe non-college educated.... nt
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 02:39 PM
Nov 2024

Sky Jewels

(8,904 posts)
13. Yes, there definitely are some of them,
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 02:52 PM
Nov 2024

but luckily they’re not likely to vote and haven’t showed up in the early data.

LAS14

(15,079 posts)
37. Yes, I'm counting heavily on their not getting off the couch and finding a polling place. nt
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 05:05 PM
Nov 2024

PatrickforB

(15,181 posts)
33. Hmm. Perhaps, but I do not buy the term 'mostly' for Trump. The GenZ kids I know are leaning into
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 04:29 PM
Nov 2024

gun control, affordable debt-free college and abortion rights. And since they are quite diverse as a generation, most are quite comfortable with a mix of races/ethnicities, LGBTQ and non-binary people. Also, they are absolutely comfortable with female leadership.

That is why I don't think 'most.' I like to remember that the media is driven by both-sideserism and so they turn over all kinds of rocks to find these still-unconvinced and Trump supporting people.

Still...it will be women who save this republic. The age of patriarchy is gasping out the last of its last fear-based toxic masculinity in all its quivering insecurity.

Upthevibe

(9,448 posts)
39. PatrickforB.......
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 05:14 PM
Nov 2024

I agree with you.

The Gen Z kids (boys and girls) mostly find dt disgusting. A couple of weeks ago I subbed for a Government class for two days and the assignment was to show the Frontline Documentary, The Choice: Harris Vs. Trump.

They had to take notes (the teacher asked questions about their early life's, the differences, etc.). One of the boys (11th grader) wrote at the bottom of his paper in big letters: "He's crazy"! . As they were handing their papers in I saw it and just died laughing. I said, "I hope things go the way I want them to!"

askyagerz

(901 posts)
3. Could Gen Z and the Baby Boomers
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 02:13 PM
Nov 2024

Actually come together for the good of humanity and sink the orange turd once and for all?

Happyhippychick

(8,422 posts)
44. I told my Gen Z daughter, us X'ers raised ourselves like Nell in the jungle. And damn proud of it!
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 05:48 PM
Nov 2024

😀

Chellee

(2,239 posts)
35. I don't really want to be in the middle of the boomer/millenial/z drama anyway.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 04:57 PM
Nov 2024

I'm pretty okay with them forgetting we exist.

Dulcinea

(7,995 posts)
5. My girls are part of that number!
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 02:17 PM
Nov 2024

My older daughter (turns 23 Friday) voted proudly for Biden in 2020, her first election, & voted Dem this time, too. She says the thing she wants most for her birthday is for Kamala to win.

My younger daughter (turns 21 on the 19th) voted straight blue in her first presidential election. She says all her college friends & roommates have voted as well. It does my heart good to see how engaged & motivated the youngins are.

Sky Jewels

(8,904 posts)
9. That's wonderful!
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 02:35 PM
Nov 2024

My Gen Z daughter is in the same age group and is a Kamala voter, as is my Gen Z son, who describes himself as a feminist. He’s the kind of young guy you might likely assume from his appearance would be a Republican (“jock” seeming white guy), but nothing could be further from the truth.

Qutzupalotl

(15,274 posts)
7. Pollsters' "likely voters" do not include these new voters
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 02:20 PM
Nov 2024

at least in most cases. You have to have voted in 2016 and 2020 to fit the criteria. The result is that polls will say the race is tied, which is motivating our base to show up … but there will be a big blue wave most people did not see coming.

Sky Jewels

(8,904 posts)
8. Totally agree.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 02:31 PM
Nov 2024

Also, the (mostly male) pundits and pollsters have gone out of their way to ignore women’s fury over Dobbs this entire election cycle. They will be hit over the head with it soon, though.

ShazzieB

(19,724 posts)
30. Yes, they will!
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 04:20 PM
Nov 2024

What a lot of men (and some women) tend to forget is that both Gen Z and Gen Y were born after Roe had been in effect for quite a while. They grew up in an America where the right to safe, legal abortion care was an established fact and something they thought they'd always be able to count on. (Even though there were people trying to chip away at it from the beginning, the impacts of their efforts were mostly on abortion providers, rather than people in need of that care.)

When the Roberts court struck Roe down, those young women were aghast, shocked, and angry at having a right they'd had their entire lives taken away from them in the blink of an eye. I think they, along with older women like me who remember the "before times" and don't want to go back, are going to teach the GOP a painful lesson in this election, one they may or may not be ready to learn.

And I say "Bring it on!"

ShazzieB

(19,724 posts)
32. Yes, they will!
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 04:22 PM
Nov 2024

What a lot of men (and some women) tend to forget is that both Gen Z and Gen Y were born after Roe had been in effect for quite a while. They grew up in an America where the right to safe, legal abortion care was an established fact and something they thought they'd always be able to count on (even though there were people trying to chip away at it from the beginning).

When the Roberts court struck Roe down, those young women were aghast, shocked, and angry at having a right they'd had their entire lives taken away from them in the blink of an eye. I think they, along with older women like me who remember the "before times" and don't want to go back, are going to teach the GOP a painful lesson in this election, one they may or may not be ready to learn.

And I say "Bring it on!"

Sky Jewels

(8,904 posts)
14. I truly doubt it.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 02:54 PM
Nov 2024

Somewhere I read that young women are casting ballots at very high rates. Which of course is not a surprise because of Dobbs. I also read that the incel crowd so far hasn’t shown up.

AZ8theist

(6,646 posts)
27. That's been the Reich Wing plan for the last 100years.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 04:12 PM
Nov 2024

When I engaged Repukes at work, I always ask "Name ONE SINGLE Republican policy enacted in the last 30 years that's benefited YOU????"

I get blank stares.

NJCher

(39,224 posts)
22. women have outvoted men every year
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 03:53 PM
Nov 2024

since 1989.

A male friend of mine put it this way: "women are more diligent than men."

onetexan

(13,913 posts)
12. I've said it & will say it again, the young ppl saved democracy in 2020. They will save it again this election.
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 02:43 PM
Nov 2024
But yall gotta continue to go VOTE if you haven't already!!!

Sky Jewels

(8,904 posts)
18. "Florida Teen Well On His Way to Becoming Florida Man"
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 03:28 PM
Nov 2024

I hope the little shit pays a heavy price.

Deuxcents

(21,308 posts)
31. That was my first thought reading this post..it's their future and it's not gonna be a one time trip to the polls
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 04:22 PM
Nov 2024

Puppyjive

(673 posts)
24. My son is a democrat and gamer
Sun Nov 3, 2024, 03:55 PM
Nov 2024

He said that the majority of the people he plays games with are poorly educated and voting for Trump. He said he does get into debate with them often. Yes, my son does have a job, in case you're wondering.

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