upper waypoint

What Do Young Voters Care About Most In This Presidential Election?

Save ArticleSave Article
Failed to save article

Please try again

Left: Halimah Houston, 20, poses for a portrait at the Vallejo Municipal Marina in Vallejo on October 25, 2024. Right: First-time voter Anaya Sayal poses for a photo on the University of California Los Angeles campus. (Gina Castro/KQED; Courtest of Anaya Sayal)

A large percentage of voters under the age of 40 say they’re planning to vote, including some 40 million members of Gen Z who will be eligible to vote by November 5th in the U.S. So what are their priorities in choosing a candidate for president? Is it the war in Gaza? The economy? Immigration? Climate change?

Scott is joined by KQED’s Ezra David Romero, who’s been reporting on how three first-time Gen Z voters in the Bay Area are feeling about the election. Then, Cathy J. Cohen, founder and director of the GenForward Survey, talks with Scott about what polling tells us about young voters’ top issues this election.

Sponsored

lower waypoint
next waypoint