What's the difference between millenial and Gen Z politics?

[mpbond]

I've noticed alot of Zoomers doing activism stuff.

Could you elaborate?

A few pre-pandemic (and pre-Floyd) movements also come to mind. There was Greta Thunberg's climate marches, as well as the March for Our Lives movement in the wake of Parkland. Both of those had enormous Gen Z driven turnout. I think the March for Our Lives in DC still holds the title of largest protest on the Mall to this day. Both of those, the climate marches especially, were interrupted by the Pandemic, so it will be interesting to see how and if they pick back up once COVID isn't the biggest concern anymore.
Also, while MeToo and Women's March were much more millennial and Gen X driven, there has been tons of Gen Z involvement in that as well

[H. Ross Peron]

I'm a little puzzled at the "Zoomers care about politics while millennials don't takes". I'm old enough to remember the same takes being written with millennials as the enthusiasts and Gen X as the apathetic ones.

Same. Remember when Millennials were all out protesting the Iraq War and mobilizing opposition to Bush on social media?

I don't think those claims are contradictory, since you can make a case that *at the same age* Zoomers are more political than Millennials who in turn were more political than Gen Xers. This is reflected in voter turnout data when elections between 1976 and 2000 were lower than those that came before or after. Moreover, compared to previous or subsequent decades the 1980s and 1990s were known for relative quiescence in campus activism. Obviously these are all relative numbers-there were plenty of Xers involved in political activism (oftentimes conservative but things like anti-globalization movements too) and most Millennials and Zoomers are not particularly political.

[Real Texan Politics]

I'm a little puzzled at the "Zoomers care about politics while millennials don't takes". I'm old enough to remember the same takes being written with millennials as the enthusiasts and Gen X as the apathetic ones.

Same. Remember when Millennials were all out protesting the Iraq War and mobilizing opposition to Bush on social media?

Exactly. This thread is Gen Z patting itself on the back for sharing a political meme on Discord. Once again, as a Gen Z ("zoomer" started as a 4chan thing, it's dumb, I'm not saying it), there are a whole lot of strong political opinions but nothing of substance from those beliefs. Millennials did the legwork and are still doing the legwork.

Gen Z political "activism" to me seems to be mostly settling up a Twitter account with an anime avatar and "they/them~BLM~ACAB" in your bio and then posting about being angry that white pop singers are wearing clothing that is associated with a non-white ethnicity or something along those lines.

Meanwhile Millennials include AOC and made up a lot of the activist core for both of Bernie Sanders' campaigns for example.

Also worth noting AOC and Bernie are also idolized by a lot of gen z. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen my classmates from high school who have either just graduated or graduated last year sharing an AOC post on their instagram stories.

[THG]

This is anecdotal, but to add an observation I’ve noticed- Gen Z politics seems to be far more divided on gender than previous generations.


This isn’t to say that there aren’t any conservative Gen Z women, or that all Gen Z males are conservatives. There obviously are a lot of exceptions.

But it is significantly, significantly, more common to see suburban Gen Z females support left wing activist related paraphernalia than it is to see Gen Z males of any races support it.

[WindowPhil]

This is anecdotal, but to add an observation I’ve noticed- Gen Z politics seems to be far more divided on gender than previous generations.


This isn’t to say that there aren’t any conservative Gen Z women, or that all Gen Z males are conservatives. There obviously are a lot of exceptions.

But it is significantly, significantly, more common to see suburban Gen Z females support left wing activist related paraphernalia than it is to see Gen Z males of any races support it.

Suburbs are mostly white, and it's a way for them to go "I'm a woman, that makes me a minority and therefore a person of color" and absolve them of any white guilt.

[It’s so Joever]

This is anecdotal, but to add an observation I’ve noticed- Gen Z politics seems to be far more divided on gender than previous generations.


This isn’t to say that there aren’t any conservative Gen Z women, or that all Gen Z males are conservatives. There obviously are a lot of exceptions.

But it is significantly, significantly, more common to see suburban Gen Z females support left wing activist related paraphernalia than it is to see Gen Z males of any races support it.

This is the correct take on Gen Z.

[WindowPhil]

This is anecdotal, but to add an observation I’ve noticed- Gen Z politics seems to be far more divided on gender than previous generations.


This isn’t to say that there aren’t any conservative Gen Z women, or that all Gen Z males are conservatives. There obviously are a lot of exceptions.

But it is significantly, significantly, more common to see suburban Gen Z females support left wing activist related paraphernalia than it is to see Gen Z males of any races support it.

This is the correct take on Gen Z.

Do you think that the average Gen Z woman is less religious than the average Gen Z man?

[RINO Tom]

Same politics, less of a childhood attachment to “rules” like holding the door.

[It’s so Joever]

This is anecdotal, but to add an observation I’ve noticed- Gen Z politics seems to be far more divided on gender than previous generations.


This isn’t to say that there aren’t any conservative Gen Z women, or that all Gen Z males are conservatives. There obviously are a lot of exceptions.

But it is significantly, significantly, more common to see suburban Gen Z females support left wing activist related paraphernalia than it is to see Gen Z males of any races support it.

This is the correct take on Gen Z.

Do you think that the average Gen Z woman is less religious than the average Gen Z man?

No, I would even say it’s possible it’s the opposite. However, Gen Z women do seem more liberal.

[Biden his time]

This is anecdotal, but to add an observation I’ve noticed- Gen Z politics seems to be far more divided on gender than previous generations.


This isn’t to say that there aren’t any conservative Gen Z women, or that all Gen Z males are conservatives. There obviously are a lot of exceptions.

But it is significantly, significantly, more common to see suburban Gen Z females support left wing activist related paraphernalia than it is to see Gen Z males of any races support it.

This is the correct take on Gen Z.

Do you think that the average Gen Z woman is less religious than the average Gen Z man?

The data says there are virtually no differences in religious identification among teens.

This is interesting because usually women are more religious.

This is anecdotal, but to add an observation I’ve noticed- Gen Z politics seems to be far more divided on gender than previous generations.


This isn’t to say that there aren’t any conservative Gen Z women, or that all Gen Z males are conservatives. There obviously are a lot of exceptions.

But it is significantly, significantly, more common to see suburban Gen Z females support left wing activist related paraphernalia than it is to see Gen Z males of any races support it.

I agree with this take.