Why America’s Zoomers Are Turning MAGA
A growing number of Gen Z Americans, born between 1997 and 2012, are planning to vote for Trump this November, reports Olivia Reingold. (Andrew Lichtenstein via Getty Images)
Being young and Republican is often seen as a contradiction in terms. But Olivia Reingold talks to the young people excited to vote Trump—especially after the assassination attempt.
Tatem Carroll, an 18-year-old in Oregon’s Rogue Valley, just graduated high school. She used to think that once she got her diploma, she’d “get the hell out” of her parents’ house. Now, she says she’s “scared shitless” about the future.
“I’m like, am I gonna live with my parents forever because our economy is trash?” wonders Carroll, who speaks to me ov…
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