Election polls ahead of US election predict trend for Gen Z: Is Harris in trouble?

In the US election campaign, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are also fighting for people’s favor on social media. Young people in particular are a key target group.

Washington – In the evaluation of the electoral successes of populists and arch-conservatives around the world, young men have been in the foreground for several years as one of the most important voting groups, and they are increasingly voting right-wing in many countries around the world. This applies to the state elections in Saxony and Thuringia, as well as to the most recent election results in Argentina and South Korea. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are now also targeting this group of voters.

But while Harris is focusing primarily on memes as a recipe for visibility on social media, there is much more system behind the attempts of his competitor, former US President Donald Trump. According to a report in the US newspaper Newsweek A lot of attention has already been attracted by the desired target group.

Polls for the 2024 US election: Trump can score particularly well among young men

The fact that many people from Generation Z in the USA are willing to support Trump as the Republican candidate is proven by Newsweek There are also a number of surveys that provide insights into trends among certain groups of voters, broken down by age and gender. For example, a study by SurveyUSA found that Trump is four percentage points ahead of Harris among men and women between the ages of 18 and 34, with 50 percent of the vote, while Harris is only at 46 percentage points in the group.

In addition, data from a survey by the Gallup polling institute and the Walton Family Foundation showed that young people from the Gen Z group are significantly more likely to hold conservative values ​​than their parents did 20 years ago. If you examine gender differences within a man’s age group, most studies show that this applies primarily to young men.