"A new trend has emerged in American politics: The very youngest voters — 18-to-24-year-olds — say they’re more conservative than the cohort that’s just older,” according to the latest Harvard Youth Poll.

“This new trend — which is true for both genders and emerged only in the last few years — is especially pronounced with men.”

  • Carrolade@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    The bottom paragraph of the article states that they’re just as likely to say health care is a right and governments should pay more to help lift people out of poverty. So, there’s a disconnect between the identity and actual policy positions which I think is pretty key.

    • InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      They want more fair capitalism, universal health care and women to know where they belong.

      It’s not ambiguous to them.