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Young Adults Say Our System Has Completely Failed [View all]

Young Adults Say Our System Has Completely Failed

December 4, 2025 at 10:13 am EST By Taegan Goddard 30 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/12/04/young-adults-say-our-system-has-completely-failed/

A new Harvard Institute of Politics survey finds that adults under age 30 believe that things in the country are generally on the wrong track, 57% to 13%.

Just 32% describe the US as a healthy democracy or one that’s “somewhat functioning,” while 64% call it system in trouble or one that has completely failed.

Said pollster John Della Volpe: “Young Americans are sending a clear message: the systems and institutions meant to support them no longer feel stable, fair, or responsive to this generation.”

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Young Adults Say Our System Has Completely Failed [View all] applegrove 16 hrs ago OP

Old Adults like me say the same thing. gab13by13 15 hrs ago #1

Old adults like me stage left 13 hrs ago #25

Ditto. And some of us have been saying this for quite some time. None of this started with Trump. KPN 13 hrs ago #32

Vote more. Less than half of people under thirty vote. Get the pukes out should be job #1 Blues Heron 15 hrs ago #2

There response would be angrychair 13 hrs ago #18

That's not a valid excuse to me because what sort of dumbass would choose the GREATER of two evils? W_HAMILTON 12 hrs ago #36

Many are voting as often as they can and still feel this way. WhiskeyGrinder 12 hrs ago #37

The other half of the cohort needs to step up and give us a government that can work for the people. Blues Heron 11 hrs ago #42

That's why, once they have the trifecta again, Dems must: Fiendish Thingy 15 hrs ago #3

Dems should do our thing and say it's conservative Captain Zero 15 hrs ago #4

Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer don't seem like the guys to do this. Duncan Grant 14 hrs ago #15

There's nothing wrong with pushing to elect fearless Democrats Fiendish Thingy 13 hrs ago #23

+1 leftstreet 12 hrs ago #38

This drives a lot of what we have seen Renew Deal 15 hrs ago #5

College is now more of a driver of being in debt Bettie 14 hrs ago #14

Do you feel like their college was a waste of money then? MichMan 12 hrs ago #39

No, I don't think it was a waste of money Bettie 11 hrs ago #41

They should start working now if they want Medicare for All by the time they retire librechik 15 hrs ago #6

Young people are not stupid. The Madcap 15 hrs ago #7

They're mixed just like any other group BaronChocula 13 hrs ago #34

And they are correct. Now what are we going to DO about it? And HOW? RockRaven 15 hrs ago #8

Yes GreatGazoo 14 hrs ago #11

Great to see his work named here! mahina 13 hrs ago #19

They're right. Baitball Blogger 15 hrs ago #9

So of course they want to organize and fix it? GreatGazoo 14 hrs ago #10

During Thanksgiving I was around some 27 year olds who blame both parties for their unhappiness. kimbutgar 14 hrs ago #12

Duh. Any system where Donald Trump is elected president, twice, has failed. nt SunSeeker 14 hrs ago #13

THIS orangecrush 13 hrs ago #22

Girl, same. angrychair 14 hrs ago #16

Smart kids. Kid Berwyn 14 hrs ago #17

Did they vote? mcar 13 hrs ago #20

No shit orangecrush 13 hrs ago #21

Shore up Social Security with a focus Prairie_Seagull 13 hrs ago #24

Young people are spot on in that regard as the government has fallen to much into the grip of the wealthy. cstanleytech 13 hrs ago #26

And what did they say that they were going to do about it? ... littlemissmartypants 13 hrs ago #27

Our own *electorate* has completely failed. We have had ample opportunities LeftinOH 13 hrs ago #28

So listening to Joe Rogan didnt fix things Johonny 13 hrs ago #29

Hope they actually get out and vote tinrobot 13 hrs ago #30

"only about half of all young adults say they will probably or definitely vote next year" betsuni 13 hrs ago #31

No kidding, look at all those greedy dinosaurs in Congress! Owens 13 hrs ago #33

But record numbers becoming billionaires moondust 12 hrs ago #35

It has certainly failed most of them Warpy 11 hrs ago #40

I was making $25,000 per year when I was 40.... mike_c 9 hrs ago #43

And yet they fail edhopper 8 hrs ago #44

Has the "on the right track" survey ever came back saying that we were? Wounded Bear 8 hrs ago #45

I would hate to be in my 20s at these times. It would all feel just so useless. Housing costs are so high beaglelover 8 hrs ago #46

Young people are sick of capitalism. BlueTsunami2018 7 hrs ago #47