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Sky Jewels

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21. Abortion is the big one, at least for half of Gen Z.
Wed Aug 30, 2023, 03:39 PM
Aug 2023

I know a lot of Gen Z males are angry about Dobbs, too, but it hits the young women very personally. They are still enraged and still talking about it and how it affects their lives. For example, my Gen Z daughter recalling how a friend from college had moved to Austin, TX after graduation, but she many of their friends said would never, ever consider doing that because Texas is hostile to women's reproductive and general health and treats women as third-class citizens, after men and fetuses.

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I'll believe it when i see it HelpImSurrounded Aug 2023 #1
Umm... cilla4progress Aug 2023 #4
Yep. There is a reason VR wants to disenfranchise them. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2023 #7
Thank you. Pinback Aug 2023 #23
Women's Bodily Autonomy yankee87 Aug 2023 #31
Ruiz NowISeetheLight Aug 2023 #30
No, sorry. cilla4progress Aug 2023 #40
You've already seen it Fiendish Thingy Aug 2023 #12
Yep. Gen Z and Black women saved us Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #22
A lot of Gen Z's aren't eligible to vote yet. Mariana Aug 2023 #24
Oh yes,the kids are very all right.Maybe GenZ will live up to Walleye Aug 2023 #2
This is why Vivek doesn't want those young kids voting. 4lbs Aug 2023 #3
bad news for republicans there..... getagrip_already Aug 2023 #34
Love Harry ismnotwasm Aug 2023 #5
Bernie motivated the young LiberaBlueDem Aug 2023 #6
Biden is the president, not Senator Sanders. wnylib Aug 2023 #8
Yes Biden is doing a great job. flying_wahini Aug 2023 #11
I am both happy and relieved that Biden won. wnylib Aug 2023 #13
Me, too. Grateful AND relieved! calimary Aug 2023 #16
That's exactly how I feel!++++++ The Biden Boom is on! The Wielding Truth Aug 2023 #17
Ugh.... rdchili96 Aug 2023 #32
Exactly Farmer-Rick Aug 2023 #60
Ugh...... rdchili96 Aug 2023 #33
+1 progressoid Aug 2023 #46
Biden is doing great as president LiberaBlueDem Aug 2023 #26
Bernie would have lost in a landslide. murielm99 Aug 2023 #38
Agreed! sheshe2 Aug 2023 #39
NONE of our candidates would have "lost in a landslide" to TRUMP in 2020! DemocraticPatriot Aug 2023 #64
It is ridiculous LiberaBlueDem Aug 2023 #69
Short answer, yes. Some people just can't let go of their past anger. DemocraticPatriot Aug 2023 #70
Democrats eating each other LiberaBlueDem Aug 2023 #71
Bernie lost his primaries twice. murielm99 Aug 2023 #72
So all those people who voted in the Democratic primary, DemocraticPatriot Aug 2023 #74
How dare you put words in my mouth. murielm99 Aug 2023 #75
It is what you implied... DemocraticPatriot Aug 2023 #77
Biden listens to Bernie? edisdead Aug 2023 #54
Opposite. Bernie listens to Biden, "as he should, and that helped USA make progress these betsuni Aug 2023 #58
I follow Harry on TikTok and he is a youngster worth listening to. flying_wahini Aug 2023 #9
By the way, let's give them something to show up for gratuitous Aug 2023 #10
They will be voting for their future. Republicans are regressives. The Wielding Truth Aug 2023 #19
Yes, please Warpy Aug 2023 #14
I have two Gen Z daughters. I know they are they friends will show up and vote as iluvtennis Aug 2023 #15
I hope that our younger voters continue to stay involved and don't throw in the towel (as GQP wants) groundloop Aug 2023 #18
Sounds good to me! Wounded Bear Aug 2023 #20
Abortion is the big one, at least for half of Gen Z. Sky Jewels Aug 2023 #21
It was spring break in 1967 and I was in snorkeling in Bimini ... sanatanadharma Aug 2023 #25
We need their votes - it's going to make a BIG difference FakeNoose Aug 2023 #27
that is one person treestar Aug 2023 #28
the stats show he is correct for 2018 and onward in regards to us younger voters Celerity Aug 2023 #36
Veers up and down quite a bit treestar Aug 2023 #41
If not for us younger voters (and my age cohort in 2020 voted more than 2 to 1 for Biden, see below) Celerity Aug 2023 #43
Excellent post. progressoid Aug 2023 #48
Yet still lowest of all age groups treestar Aug 2023 #50
Nowhere to go but up. My teen can vote soon. AllyCat Aug 2023 #51
that poster's data at their link ends with 2016, thus misses the large upsurge from 2018 onward Celerity Aug 2023 #57
Your link data ends at 2016, it doesn't show the large upturns starting in 2018, thus is non Celerity Aug 2023 #56
Back down in 20 treestar Aug 2023 #62
That is factually untrue when comparing the 2016 POTUS election versus the 2020 POTUS election, Celerity Aug 2023 #63
Thanks for posting all these great data collections! It is GREAT NEWS DemocraticPatriot Aug 2023 #67
Older daughter, Millennial. Younger son and daughter, Gen Z Ishoutandscream2 Aug 2023 #29
Gen Z showed up DownriverDem Aug 2023 #35
Plus Michiganders spent so much of the summer suffering with Canadian smoke. JudyM Aug 2023 #49
TY.. I HOPE SO!! Cha Aug 2023 #37
The gen Z the millenials all of those cute kids peacebuzzard Aug 2023 #42
When I read articles about younger women calling out misogynist crap. . . Collimator Aug 2023 #44
I'm holding you to that promise, Harry Skittles Aug 2023 #45
Violent and gun crime are up. Vote rockfordfile Aug 2023 #47
My 18 year old grandsons first vote... PittBlue Aug 2023 #52
WOW we love you too Gen Z 2live is 2fly Aug 2023 #53
Kick burrowowl Aug 2023 #55
I went to a conference last week and one of the topics was avebury Aug 2023 #59
What does that story have to do with the topic of this thread? Mariana Aug 2023 #78
Except . . . Richard D Aug 2023 #61
Source, please. Mariana Aug 2023 #76
Friends. This is not a scientific analysis Richard D Aug 2023 #79
IF they turned out in HUGE 40-50% numbers they would control almost all elections going forward. NoMoreRepugs Aug 2023 #65
K&R Blue Owl Aug 2023 #66
We are all in this together elias7 Aug 2023 #68
I agree. murielm99 Aug 2023 #73
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