A new Harris poll published by Axios shows that members of the Millennial (in their 20s to mid-30s) and Gen Z (still mostly in their teens) age cohorts are more likely than previous generations to support policies historically associated with European-style democratic socialism.
“The word ‘socialism’ does not carry the same stigma it did in the past,” Axios’s Stef Kight writes, “now that it has been resurrected by celebrity politicians like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Young people's political views often change as they grow older, but their support for socialistic policies is a sign that the old rules of politics are changing fast.”
Millennials and Gen Z will make up more than a third of the electorate in 2020, Kight says, so their political preferences could carry real weight in the next election.
