As election day closes in, the question of where Gen Z’s vote will fall is more important than ever. All year, sources have reported on how this generation aligns themselves politically, how powerfully they turned out at the 2022 midterms, and trends like planning to “cancel out” their parents’ vote. YPulse has been asking young people who they would cast a vote for since March, when the race was still between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. We asked them again when Kamala Harris assumed the Democrat nomination, and reported on a big flip in Democrats’ favor among 18-39-year-olds. With little time left to decide, we recently asked them one last time: “If the presidential election were held today, who would you vote for?” One major question that precedes Gen Z’s preferred candidate is whether they intend to vote at all. Outlets like Teen Vogue reported that some of the gen would choose not to vote in protest of their options—though YPulse’s 2024 Election Report showed not voting as protest was an...
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