All posts tagged "Gen Z"

A key group of voters that helped return President Donald Trump to the White House is turning on him, according to a political researcher.

Rachel Janfaza, the founder of the Gen Z-focused newsletter The Up and Up, told host Katie Phang on Saturday's episode of "Katie Phang News" that young men who were among Trump's loudest backers in 2024 have soured on his second term.

"They look at the Trump administration, including a lot of those young men who were his most vocal supporters in 2024, and say, 'Since he's taken office, inflation has gone up. The economy has gotten worse. The job market has gotten worse. There's corruption beyond belief. He's building a ballroom. He is now the establishment that he sought to tear down,'" Janfaza said....

EVANSTON, Ill. — When Bushra Amiwala ran for public office for the first time, in March 2017 and at just 19 years old, Donald Trump had just signed an executive order banning travel for people from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Fast forwarding eight years might evoke déjà vu.

Now 27, Amiwala is running again, this time for a U.S. Congress seat in Illinois’ 9th district, and Trump is back in the Oval Office with a new travel ban barring entry of foreign nationals from 12 countries, primarily in Africa and the Middle East, and restricting visas for seven other countries....

WASHINGTON – Maxwell Frost has not been shy about criticizing Joe Biden’s administration – from climate change to border policy to Israel’s war in Gaza.

But the nation’s first Gen Z congressman has nevertheless seen his profile inside the Democratic Party rise. And despite Frost’s concerns, the 27-year-old Floridian is becoming an increasingly essential surrogate for the 81-year-old Biden.

To Frost, that push and pull is part of any relationship, and he doesn’t know why it should be any different in politics. ...