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On average, presidential approval across generations is the lowest it has been in over a decade. Using cumulative data from the Cooperative Election Study (CES) we estimate retrospective evaluations of the economy across generational cohorts. We find that:
KQED Political Breakdown, April 2024 As part of KQED’s Youth Takeover, we hear from young voters about the issues they care about most ahead of a presidential election. From the war in Gaza to climate change, student debt and how they might vote in November. In addition to hearing from young...
With the economic downturn associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, optimism on the economy is the lowest it has been since the 2008 financial crisis. Using cumulative data from the Cooperative Election Study (CES) we estimate retrospective evaluations of the economy across generational cohorts. We find that:
2024 Election Vibe Check: Interviews with the Next Generation of Leaders in American Politics To better explore the state of youth voices in American politics as we enter the 2024 Election Year, BIFYA is publishing a series of interviews with members of GenZ who are running for office across the...
Despite increases in voter registration across generational cohorts in recent years, younger generations of voters exhibit significantly lower rates of registration. Using data from the Cummulative Cooperative Election Study (CCES) from 2008-2020 we estimate rates of voter registration for voting age citizens across generational cohorts. We find that:
2024 Election Vibe Check: Interviews with the Next Generation of Leaders in American Politics To better explore the state of youth voices in American politics as we enter the 2024 Election Year, BIFYA is publishing a series of interviews with members of GenZ who are running for office across the...
2024 Election Vibe Check: Interviews with the Next Generation of Leaders in American Politics To better explore the state of youth voices in American politics as we enter the 2024 Election Year, BIFYA is publishing a series of interviews with members of GenZ who are running for office across the...
California Sun Podcast, February 2024 The Berkeley Institute for Young Americans, part of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, examines the evolving generational dynamics of millennials and Gen Z. The institute serves as a hub for exploring the aspirations and challenges of young people, offering unique perspectives...
Assessing Changes in the Ideological Identity of Young Women and Men using the CCES A recent analysis by the Financial Times’ John Burn-Murdoch shows how the political ideology of young women and young men have increasingly diverged in recent years in South Korea, the U.S., Germany, and the UK. In...
Early Results Show Millennials and Gen Z are More Egalitarian, Fatalistic than Older Generations For years, researchers have documented how Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996) and Gen Z (born between 1997-2012) are emerging as unique generations with distinct political attitudes that differ from older generations. Studies and popular polling...
