One of the problems facing the Democrat party is the loss of Democrat voters in Generation Z (people born between 1997 and 2012). In 2022, 46% of Generation Z voted, and they tended to vote for Democrats. In 2024, about 46% of Generation Z who voted voted for President Trump. Two Democrats, Bernie Sanders and are currently holding rallies around America to encourage Generation Z to become Democrat voters.
On Sunday, Red State reported:
On Saturday, in Los Angeles, faithful agitator and failed commune contributor Bernie Sanders performed his latest “Down With the Oligarchy” act. Joining octogenarian Bernie was his new Tanto, New York Dem Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Also on stage were octogenarian Joan Baez and 79-year-old Neil Young. Add up all those ages, and they’ve collectively lived more years than the USA has been a country.
The appearance of Bernie and AOC together evokes little interest in me. It’s like watching the same “pull my finger” joke. Bernie and his socialist sidekick sang the same tired folk fables about class warfare while lying about Musk and lying about Trump.
I just don’t think that Generation Z has the same hot buttons as the generation that listened to Joan Baez and later to Neil Young. Joan Baez represented the early 1960’s, beginning her professional career at the 1959 Newport Folk Festival. Neil Young’s career reflected more of the late 1960’s. The generation that came of age during the 1960’s and early 1970’s was an idealistic generation that wanted to bring peace and happiness to everyone. They also wanted to throw off the shackles of conventional morality. I am not sure either of these goals resonates with Generation Z and the challenges they face. Generation Z has dealt with the Covid crisis–many of them missed out on their high school proms, graduations, etc., and now as young adults are struggling with inflation, high interest rates, and generally the cost of living.
It will be interesting to see how successful this Bernie Sanders/