Teens and young adults get a bad rap. They’re often called lazy and entitled, with a new generation seen as inextricably glued to their phones and TikTok. And when they speak up about issues, it can be met with an eye roll or a knowing sigh. It’s the one that suggests, “Maybe they will get how the world works when they’re older.”
But the veteran pollster John Della Volpe says that everything he was told — and that most people think — about Generation Z is wrong. Della Volpe is the director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics and a former adviser to the Biden campaign, and he explores the evolution of Gen Z in his new book. CONTINUED
Juana Summers, NPR News
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