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It’s a Gen-Z World
I could see it coming
As the election got closer, I would stare out at my students (undergraduates between the ages of 19–22) and I saw a coy look on their faces whenever politics was discussed in class.
And I teach Law and Society classes so politics is always discussed.
I even looked at some students and they had grins on their faces and soft smirks. It was a sign of a political tsunami I thought to myself. But I let the thought go and said, I would wait and see.
When I asked them if were they going to vote, almost all of them raised their hands. They never said how they felt about any candidate. They had a secret though.
I remember the coy looks as the Gen-Z wave hit America this past Tuesday on election day. I kind of missed it but I remember the looks.
An almost certain Republican triumph was turned into a political disaster. Mid-term elections are always a chance for the party out of power to seize the baton and the discourse. The Republicans didn’t gain much at all.
Gen-Z rules.
Even one of my daughters, who is Gen-Z, and 20 years old, and voted, texted me and said —
“You’re welcome.”
She was saying that, but for the Gen-Z vote for Democrats and its dominance…
