Will Generation Z be more conservative?

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Well, these numbers kinda are at odds with scholastic and other reputable pollsters, so let's stave off dubbing them as extremely conservative. Remember, the first Millennials voted for Bush in mock elections

Could you link to those polls?

I found this one http://election.scholastic.com/vote/

But

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If you want to waste your time worrying about the results of a stupid poll like this, by all means, but here's some links to soothe your anxiety:

Why is this poll 'stupid'? Because you don't like the results?

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Well, frankly, measuring the voting preferences of high schoolers in general is next to impossible without a nationwide mock vote, given that none have land-lines, most are probably on some sort of no-call list, and most high schoolers don't follow politics at all.

A mock election is not representative. A random poll is. (I am not sure though it this particular poll is random).

I'm not saying that one should pay too much attention to one poll, but one should not disregard it either.

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Generation Z may be more conservative than Millennials, but this poll above is from the UK, not the US. Since these are issues that have moved to the left recently, Generation Z likely has a different reference point for some of them, such as transgender rights. To a Baby Boomer, a "liberal" position on transgender rights might be, accept transgender people as the gender they want to be called, whereas to a Generation Z person, it might be, No Platform anyone who claims that ciswomen have a different experience than transwomen. To a Baby Boomer, supporting the legalization of gay marriage might be a liberal position, whereas for a Generation Z member, it might be a moderate position. In support of this theory, here is a source that claims that 80 percent of Gen Z'ers support gay marriage, which is quite high (albeit focusing on the oldest Gen Z cohort). We would have to ask about discrete issue positions to get a definite answer.

In Europe the left-right scale becomes more and more absolute.

Taxes/Gay/Abortion/Women/Universal Healthcare is not the borderline now. Immigration/Multiculturalism/View on Establishment/Law&Order is.

So it is Nationalism vs Multiculturalism now.

https://www.axios.com/the-millennial-surge-fueling-europes-right-wing-populism-2306239035.html

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USA lags, but Trump can change it. His views are pretty liberals, but policies are not (yet?) (cause he needs Republicans). There is no way he wins reelection without a good Health Care.

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In the UK, young people overwhelmingly supported Remain. It may be more of a difference between the Anglosphere and continental Europe.

Good point.

But still the borderline in politics is not typical left/right issues anymore (in Europe).

I don't know if Democrats are going to win back working class whites any time soon.  But I do think that college educated whites will trend Republican once the nationalist message is carried by a more respectable standard-bearer than the orange one.

This!