For a long time, it was safe to assume that younger gens tend to lean liberal. But over the past few years, there’s been a growing buzz around Gen Z being more conservative than previous generations were at their age, and young males and females being politically split. It’s a question YPulse explored last year with data from our 2024 Election report, at the time finding the gap wasn’t as dramatic as those headlines made it seem. But since then, the narrative has only gained traction with headlines like “Young men and women are taking the gender gap to staggering new levels” or “Gen Z’s gender political divide is creating problem in their dating lives.” So, now we’re left wondering: Is this post-election divide the real deal now, or is it just a continuation of a viral narrative? To get a clear picture, we asked 13-24-year-olds directly about their political affiliations and leanings in March—a question we’ve tracked consistently since 2019. And while there is a political gender divide...
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