> The young also don't vote.
This might change, fast.
I have two daughters who are in their early 20s. My oldest daughter, 24, has dreamed of buying a home and starting a family with her high school sweetheart of 10 years and her dream has been completely shattered.
The saddest part is, this isn't even just about buying a home. She's not going to start a family until they are no longer living with us and have a house of their own. But the longer it takes for that to happen, the more difficult and risky it becomes for her to start that family and forget about having 3+ children and starting at 35. That's even if there is a correction in the next 10 years.
So her dreams are completely shattered. She's not the only Gen Z out there that had these types of hopes and ambitions throughout their adolescence and early adulthood and are now feeling completely hopeless.
Just recently, here in Canada, there was a leaked RCMP report issued to the government warning it of potential civil unrest due the economic and housing crises: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-police-future-trends-1...
Yes, it may be true that unemployment is at a low and stocks are up. That means absolutely nothing to young adults in their 20s who are still living with their parents, not by choice but because they have absolutely no hope of ever being able to buy a home of their own.
So I wouldn't be surprised if in the coming years we see record turn-outs of young voters.