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Check out the latest GenForward article written by Dr. Jenn Jackson. In this article Jackson explores how young Americans felt about January 6 in 2022 and what that means for us today in 2025.
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60% of Black American's are very concerned, somewhat concerned, or a little concerned about how Donald Trump's age would affect his ability to serve a second term.
In our August 2024 survey, we found that Black women identified racism as the most important issue facing this country followed by gun violence and poverty.
The vast majority of Black Gen-Zers regularly use social media for news about politics or government .
Gen Z is 17x more likely to use tik tok as a way to stay up to date on current events and political issues
While 67% of #republicans believe that individual gun ownership increases public safety by allowing citizens to protect themselves, 67% of democrats believe that individual gun ownership decreases public safety by giving too many people access to firearms and increasing misuse.
Democratic boomers are 1.6 more likely than their Gen Z counterparts to believe that gun violence in the United States is a very big problem. In fact only 1% of Democratic Boomers say they think gun violence is not a problem at all.
88% of democrats believe that we need a strong government to handle today's complex economic problems compared to 53% of republicans.
Only 16% of Black men say they never go out of their way to avoid contact with the police or other law enforcement.
Black Boomers are more than 2x more likely than their white counterparts to believe that the government should do more to help students pay for college and pay off student loan debt.
The majority of Millennials believe that in recent years, the US #SupremeCourt has become more politicized.
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Unsurprisingly, the US carceral system is still in its flop era.
It does not keep anyone safe – in reality, the effects it has on incarcerated people, their families, and their communities are cruel and devastating, and we're all worse off for it.
ALT Infographic that says: The US Carceral System Wrapped • 1.9 million people behind bars • Highest incarceration rate of any independent democracy in the world • Costs taxpayers $182 billion per year • Cycles people through local jails more than 7 million times per year • Takes 2 years off someone's life for every year they spend in prison Source: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2024.html https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2017/06/26/lite_expectancy/ https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/11/27/jail_bookings/
A slim majority of Gen Z would describe the U.S. #economy is somewhat poor or very poor.
The vast majority of Americans across all cohorts and age groups support limiting the number of years a Supreme Court Justice can serve on the Supreme Court.
The majority of Black Americans, 60%, disagree with the Supreme Court Ruling in June 2023 that ruled colleges can no longer use race-based affirmative action in college admissions.
The GenForward Survey is the first of its kind—a nationally representative survey that pays special attention to how race and ethnicity shape how young adults, both Millennials and Gen Z-ers, experience and think about the world. Learn more by visiting genforwardsurvey.com