Majority of Gen Z of Voting Age This Year—Here Are the Issues They Care About Most

The 2024 presidential election is the first in which the majority of Generation Z—those born between 1997 and 2012 and currently aged between 12 and 27—will be eligible to vote. Often called Gen Z or Zoomers, the newest generation of voters, aged 18 to 27, tend to have a different outlook than older generations. Gen Zers make up roughly 20 percent of the U.S. population. But they’re greatly outnumbered in voter registration by older generations: an April study found that fewer than 40 percent were registered to vote. The majority were born after the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001; even those born before then were too young to remember much about it. They were in elementary school or younger during the 2008 stock market crash. They were raised alongside technology such as smartphones, with little to no recollection of the world before the Internet. They’re tech-savvy, relying on social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok, and X to communicate and stay in touch....