When election time comes next year, Will Galloway, a student and Republican youth leader at Clemson University, will look for candidates who are strong on the mainstream conservative causes he cares about most, including gun rights and opposing abortion. But there is another issue high on his list of urgent […] Read more »
Most Americans Support Raising Minimum Age to Buy Tobacco
A strong majority of Americans (73%) say the minimum age to purchase tobacco products should be raised to 21 years old. These findings come as Ohio became the 18th state, along with the District of Columbia, to raise the minimum age to 21 and as federal legislation with the same […] Read more »
Young LGBT Americans are more politically engaged than the rest of Generation Z
Young LGBT Americans score higher on political engagement surveys. Ink Drop/shutterstock.com Melissa Deckman, Washington College and Mileah Kromer, Goucher College Last year’s midterm elections were a “rainbow wave,” with more openly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people elected to public office than at any other time in American history. According […] Read more »
Do younger generations care more about global warming?
Younger Americans have grown up with more exposure to the effects of global warming than their parents and grandparents. Perhaps it isn’t surprising then that polls find young adults are particularly concerned about global warming. A 2018 Gallup analysis found a “global warming age gap” in some beliefs, attitudes, and […] Read more »
What young adults think about the economy — and why it matters for 2020
“It’s the economy, stupid.” Since James Carville first used that phrase to keep Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign focused on economics in 1992, that slogan has been used to insist that elections are made or broken by how voters perceive the economy. … While the economy may be improving by many […] Read more »
The Coming G.O.P. Apocalypse: Stumbling blind into the age of diversity
For much of the 20th century, young and old people voted pretty similarly. The defining gaps in our recent politics have been the gender gap (women preferring Democrats) and the education gap. But now the generation gap is back, with a vengeance. … Matthew Continetti recently identified the key blocs […] Read more »