With 48 Percent of Gen Z Voters Admitting To Lying About Their Choice for President, Battleground State Polls Could Be Farther Off Than Expected.
Article Written by Jett James Pruitt
With only hours left until Election Day, one has to admit that the 2024 Presidential Election Cycle contained more plot points than a prime-time drama series: a debate debacle resulting in a last-minute candidate swap, two assassination attempts, unorthodox VP picks, multiple verbal attacks, cringe-worthy celebrity endorsements, and a stand-up comic who directly insulted half a million voters in the swing state of Pennsylvania.
While all of this drama has been unfolding before our eyes, nine million newly registered voters have been hiding a secret that could seriously impact the 2024 Presidential Election:
Generation Z may not be the monolithic voting bloc the Democratic Party is counting on.
And here's why:
From October 22-24, Axios/Harris Poll conducted a survey of 2,129 registered voters regarding their veracity about which candidate they support. In this poll, 48 percent of Gen Z reported having lied to friends, families, and co-workers about their choice for president.
This number is shocking given Gen Z's reputation for leaning left and being unabashedly vocal about both domestic and global issues.
Compare this number to 38 percent of Millennials, 17 percent of Gen Xers, and 6 percent of Boomers who admitted to lying about their choice for president, and one can see that:
The younger the voter, the more likely they are to lie about who they voted for president.
“There’s a new privacy emerging here, where it’s far more convenient to either lie or not talk about it,” said Harris Poll CEO John Gerzema to Axios. “The new social etiquette is to be like Switzerland."
The survey also suggests it is men who tend to lie more about their silent vote for Trump or Harris versus women, with 30 percent of men reported being in a situation that warranted the lie versus 17 percent of women. Given the gender differences in polls across the board, a 13-point difference among the sexes is not surprising.
So, what does this all mean?
More than 20 million members of Generation Z are expected to cast a vote in this election, which is why both the Harris and Trump campaigns have actively sought Zoomer support.
"I think the outreach is pretty unprecedented in the size and scope and level of involvement" said David Hogg to The Hill regarding the Harris campaign. In addition, Wisconsin College GOP Chair William Blathras told the news outlet, "This is really the greatest chance we have to flip Gen Z red."
Historically, only 23 percent of Generation Z identifies as Republican. Yet if 48 percent of Gen Z voters are secretly lying about their choice for president, one can safely infer that anywhere from 15 to 30 percent of Generation Z is pretending to vote for Harris while secretly voting for Trump.
In other words, Gen Z's support of Donald Trump could be nearly as high as the rest of the country. And if it even comes close to the 40-45 percent mark, every major pollster will be off by enough points to tip the scales in Trump's favor.
Therefore, we believe Generation Z's silent Trump voters in the seven swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Arizona, Georgia and Nevada are throwing off major polls, which is why our team is predicting a solid Trump victory of 278 electoral votes on November 5, 2024.
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Jett James Pruitt is a Native American, Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of the bestselling book THROUGH THE EYES OF A YOUNG AMERICAN. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of TheGenZPost.com, and a political strategist specializing in Generation Z voter trends. His next book, THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE: What America's Political Parties Must Do To Win Over Generation Z, will be released in major bookstores worldwide in early 2025.
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