Eric Levitz

Another factor that might explain this divergence between young voters today and the millennial generation are that the two just had different formative experiences. And so the millennial generation, a lot of us, came of age under the second term of the George W. Bush administration when you saw the Iraq War coming apart. Major combat operations in Iraq have ended.

Another factor that might explain this divergence between young voters today and the millennial generation are that the two just had different formative experiences. And so the millennial generation, a lot of us, came of age under the second term of the George W. Bush administration when you saw the Iraq War coming apart. Major combat operations in Iraq have ended.

Hurricane Katrina destroying New Orleans and the response really being pretty incompetent.

Hurricane Katrina destroying New Orleans and the response really being pretty incompetent.

Hurricane Katrina destroying New Orleans and the response really being pretty incompetent.

And then, of course, above all, the financial crisis and the Great Recession.

And then, of course, above all, the financial crisis and the Great Recession.

And then, of course, above all, the financial crisis and the Great Recession.

And this is followed by a two-term presidency from a really exceptionally charismatic figure, Barack Obama.

And this is followed by a two-term presidency from a really exceptionally charismatic figure, Barack Obama.

And this is followed by a two-term presidency from a really exceptionally charismatic figure, Barack Obama.

And so this arguably cements the millennial generation's lean towards the Democrats, whereas Zoomers, maybe a lot of these younger ones, came of age with a Democratic president presiding over COVID. We need everyone to keep washing their hands. And then rising inflation.

And so this arguably cements the millennial generation's lean towards the Democrats, whereas Zoomers, maybe a lot of these younger ones, came of age with a Democratic president presiding over COVID. We need everyone to keep washing their hands. And then rising inflation.

And so this arguably cements the millennial generation's lean towards the Democrats, whereas Zoomers, maybe a lot of these younger ones, came of age with a Democratic president presiding over COVID. We need everyone to keep washing their hands. And then rising inflation.

and get this sense that it's a, you know, 80-year-old with negative charisma who doesn't really speak to them, doesn't really know their references. Jason Kelsey or Travis Kelsey?

and get this sense that it's a, you know, 80-year-old with negative charisma who doesn't really speak to them, doesn't really know their references. Jason Kelsey or Travis Kelsey?

and get this sense that it's a, you know, 80-year-old with negative charisma who doesn't really speak to them, doesn't really know their references. Jason Kelsey or Travis Kelsey?

And so maybe this creates kind of an alienation from the Democratic Party and more of an openness to the GOP. So that's one factor. Another explanation is that maybe this cohort of young people was just always going to be a bit more conservative because of who their parents were. Who are their parents? Well, so in some survey data, the baby boom generation is more left wing than Gen X was.

And so maybe this creates kind of an alienation from the Democratic Party and more of an openness to the GOP. So that's one factor. Another explanation is that maybe this cohort of young people was just always going to be a bit more conservative because of who their parents were. Who are their parents? Well, so in some survey data, the baby boom generation is more left wing than Gen X was.

And so maybe this creates kind of an alienation from the Democratic Party and more of an openness to the GOP. So that's one factor. Another explanation is that maybe this cohort of young people was just always going to be a bit more conservative because of who their parents were. Who are their parents? Well, so in some survey data, the baby boom generation is more left wing than Gen X was.