Op-Ed: Gen Z's pragmatic politics could be a key to ending polarization (via latimesopinion)
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At the same time, this generation largely lacks strong party attachments if we look at their political and ideological attitudes. This is made quite clear by College Pulse’s Future of Politics survey, which queried 1,552 undergraduate students at 91 colleges and universities at the start of the school year.
When asked about how they see the major political parties, today’s college students are anything but enthusiastic. Less than a quarter of all students — Democrats and Republicans included — believe that the Democratic Party is acting in the best interests of democracy and just 25% feel the same way about the GOP.
And when asked whether the parties are moving in the right or wrong direction, just 18% of all college students think that the Democratic Party is moving in the right direction; the number is a bit higher for the Republican Party. Cynicism about the parties’ future is the norm, with roughly a half of all students being pessimistic about both parties.found that 57% of young voters aged 18-29 preferred Democratic control of Congress 57% while 31% preferred GOP control; 12% was undecided.
The Future of Politics survey uncovers a similar breakdown with young voter party affiliation — 31% report that they are Republican and another 33% Democrat. The remainder 37% are either unaffiliated or Independent. Gen Z looks very different from those in the Silent Generation — President Biden’s and Nancy Pelosi’s generation, which has seen a
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