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Democrat’s Key for Winning Back Young Voters? A Progressive Economic Agenda
By Matt NelsenAugust 29, 2025 Democrats are losing ground with voters in each of the 30 states that track registration by political party, and these losses are particularly pronounced among young voters and people of color. Since the 2024 Presidential Election cycle, party leaders and political commentators alike have puzzled over how to maintain the…
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Democracy in Crisis: Gen Z Feels the Financial Strain
By Diane WongJuly 14, 2025 On July 1 of 2025, Senate Republicans passed Trump’s sweeping tax bill, with JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote after more than twenty four hours of debate. The multi-trillion dollar tax and spending package could impact millions of Americans’ wallets—students, seniors, veterans, children, parents, and especially those who rely on…
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Universities, Free Speech, and Democracy
By Diane WongJune 5, 2025 The end of April marked the first 100 days into Trump’s second presidency, a whirlwind start to the many changes he promised on the campaign trail: a crackdown on immigration, a massive overhaul of the federal government, the elimination of DEI programs, a series of global tariffs, among others. Since…
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Young Americans and the Attacks on Trans Rights
By Jenn M. JacksonJune 5, 2025 Last year, during one of the most important elections of our collective lifetimes, many queer and trans activists and organizers sounded the proverbial alarm about the potential consequences if Donald Trump were reelected as President of the United States. Citing the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 report, many concerned folks…
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Memo — Gen-Z by the Numbers
Also deemed “Post-Millennials,” Generation Z is known for having grown up in the ever-changing digital era. With the oldest of them just graduating college, Here is an infographic with a few things to know about them.
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Memo — Millennials A Closer Look
Millennials: closer look at race and ethnicity. Here is an in-depth study infographic of the millennial (born 1981-96) experience, broken down by various demographics.
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2024 Presidential Election Survey (October 2024 Survey)
About the Survey The GenForward October 2024 is a project of Professor Cathy J. Cohen at the University of Chicago. Interviews were conducted with a representative sample from GenForwardSM, a nationally representative survey panel of adults 18-40 recruited and administered by NORC at the University of Chicago. The toplines for this survey include survey findings,…
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Young Adults Think America’s Political System Isn’t Working (Next100)
Young adult voters may once again play a pivotal role in this presidential election, but their importance to our democracy runs much deeper than any one political cycle. Millennials and Gen Z represent the future of our multiracial, pluralistic democracy. Next100 and GenForward teamed up on a national survey of their perspectives on how well…
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The Cost of Gen Z’s Declining Trust In American Institutions
By Diane WongOctober 16, 2024 Halfway into the vice presidential debate on October 1st, the conversation turned to immigration, and Springfield, Ohio, once again became the center of national attention. During his turn, Sen. JD Vance repeated false claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield as “illegal aliens,” prompting the moderator Margaret Brennan to correct him…
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Where Are Young People Getting Their News and Political Media?
By Jenn M. JacksonOctober 2, 2024 In recent years, many political commentators and educators have publicly begrudged the pervasiveness of social media and its potential to dampen political knowledge. During critical moments, like major presidential election cycles, many in the mass public express concerns about how young Americans acquire political knowledge and the risks of…