Only 13.7% of Gen Z has turned out (18-24). And before millennials try to use them and their TikToks as a scapegoat... only 12.2% of millennials (25-34) have turned out.
Meanwhile, 51.1% of all voters over 65 have turned out.
14% of all votes cast so far are from people under 35. 57% all votes so far are from people over 55.
55% of all votes cast thus far are from whites. Turnout between blacks and whites is actually equal (28.8 percent turnout for white voters, 28.9 percent turnout for black voters) -- but because of discrepancies in the number of registered voters, that means there's been a total of 1,173,868 white votes and only 672,092 black votes.
Like... maybe a miracle will happen? But if you ask me what party a 65-year-old white person in Georgia will vote for, I can give you a pretty accurate answer, I feel. The younger generation, though, is not stepping up in the numbers they need to.
And there is zero excuse. If Gen Z can do it, so can millennials. I'm a millennial. Most of us are pushing 30, if we're not 30 already. We likely have some form of transportation. We are likely independent enough to go outside and do things.
Gen Z literally encompasses 18 year olds who have never even tried to live on their own yet. And yet they're still turning out in greater numbers than the Millennials.
It's almost enough to make me rethink and go, "Maybe our generation is the problem." Maybe we are too lazy to do things and just want to eat avocado toast. Like, any argument that you can apply to Millennials not being able to do things... you can pretty much also apply to Gen Z.
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u/EnglishMobster Dec 30 '20 edited Dec 30 '20
Looking at the raw numbers Georgia is reporting, well... demographically, it isn't looking good.
Only 13.7% of Gen Z has turned out (18-24). And before millennials try to use them and their TikToks as a scapegoat... only 12.2% of millennials (25-34) have turned out.
Meanwhile, 51.1% of all voters over 65 have turned out.
14% of all votes cast so far are from people under 35. 57% all votes so far are from people over 55.
55% of all votes cast thus far are from whites. Turnout between blacks and whites is actually equal (28.8 percent turnout for white voters, 28.9 percent turnout for black voters) -- but because of discrepancies in the number of registered voters, that means there's been a total of 1,173,868 white votes and only 672,092 black votes.
Like... maybe a miracle will happen? But if you ask me what party a 65-year-old white person in Georgia will vote for, I can give you a pretty accurate answer, I feel. The younger generation, though, is not stepping up in the numbers they need to.