by jpitney | Jan 23, 2023 | Public Opinion, Public Service, Youth
On January 11-18, 2023, Generation Lab and Axios surveyed 824 young people, 18-29 years old, about career aspirations and priorities. Small, medium, and large businesses were roughly equally desired places to work (28%, 27%, and 31% respectively) Nearly half...
by jpitney | Apr 27, 2022 | Public Opinion, Youth
From the Harvard Kennedy School: A national poll released today by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School indicates that while 18-to-29-year-olds are on track to match 2018’s record-breaking youth turnout in a midterm election this November and prefer...
by jpitney | Jan 27, 2022 | Cancel Culture, Free Speech, Public Opinion, Viewpoint Diversity, Youth
Eric Kaufmann has an article at City Journal titled “A Generational Threat to Free Expression.” Survey data from my new Manhattan Institute report, “The Politics of the Culture Wars in Contemporary America,” show the scale of the challenge. While the...
by jpitney | Jan 12, 2022 | Congress, Public Service, Staff, Youth
Layla Zaidane at The Fulcrum: Millennials are sweeping into public office: From 2018 to 2020, the United States saw a 266 percent increase in young people running for Congress. In 2021, young people made history with candidates like Nadarius Clark, the youngest...
by jpitney | Dec 14, 2021 | Higher Education, Public Opinion, Republican, Youth
Jeremi Suri and Samuel J. Abrams at Politico: The Republican Party has dug itself a hole with regard to young, educated voters. Although Americans under 30 are less likely to vote than their older counterparts, they are a rapidly growing proportion of the electorate....
by jpitney | May 19, 2021 | Public Opinion, Youth
From the Harvard Youth Poll, Spring 2021: In the fall of 2017, only 31% of young Americans said they were hopeful about the future of America; 67% were fearful. Nearly four years later, we find that 56% have hope. While the hopefulness of young whites has increased 11...
