With purported “Next Generation” Republican Vivek Ramaswamy putting all his chips on Climate Denial last week, he has effectively become the face of GOP intransigence on science – Republicans become increasingly more vulnerable on the issue.
Polling expert John Della Volpe of Harvard Kennedy school on Meet the Press –
Gen Z is becoming more urgent, and even more progressive
The nation divides between those over 41, Gen Xers and Baby Boomers, and those under 41, Millenials and Gen Zers.
That coalition will be 40 percent of all voters in 2024
Millenials not becoming more conservative, but rather more progressive as they age
Heavily concerned about climate, and becoming more so
UPDATE: Below, CBS interview with Republican climate activist Benji Backer.
Ramaswamy has a solution for that! Restricting voting rights is all the rage in the GOP:
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/10/ramaswamy-raise-voting-age-00096266
Note that his proposed requirements for voting have nothing to do with understanding how science works. Idiot.
The received polling wisdom was that young people grew more conservative as they accumulated property and had kids. These latest generations have noticed that climate change doesn’t value your property and will be hell on your kids.
“The nation divides between those over 41, Gen Xers and Baby Boomers, and those under 41, Millenials and Gen Zers.”
As a GenXer, I don’t like being lumped in with the Boomers, thank you very much. I suspect more GenX will vote progressive than conservative, but then again I get surprised by my peers who seem to fall for the lies.
First we were forgotten as the Boomer/Millennial dichotomy was all the rage. Then our generation dates were revised again and again as more of each surrounding generation stole years away from GenX to bolster their own numbers. Now we’re being branded as whatever suits the narrative du jour.
Whatever.