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Out with The Olds!

Gen Z, long ridiculed as enigmatic and just plain different, is poised to become part of the largest voting bloc in the country by 2028. A major new polling project is trying to fix that knowledge gap.

March for our lives
Gen Z students at the March for Our Lives rally. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Peter Hamby
June 22, 2022

By 2028, Millennials and Gen Z will combine to become the largest voting age population in the nation. In just six years, today’s middle and high school students—often dismissed and patronized by the country’s gerontocratic political leadership—will be casting ballots for president. They will be joining the workforce, paying taxes, shaping media and entertainment, defining consumer trends and pushing aside older millennials and Gen Xers who must finally come to terms with the fact that they are no longer cool.