“Faced with young men, the Democratic Party does not have the skill it has with young women” – Libération

The difference in opinions between genders is unprecedented for an American election, explains American political scientist Melissa Deckman. Where men remain similar to their elders, women are increasingly progressive.

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More racially diverse, less religious, more politically engaged: Generation Z adults, i.e. young people born between the end of the 90s and 2010, are in the sights of pollsters and the campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. In particular to understand and take advantage of «gender gap»the gap between young men and women in values, ideology and therefore, voting for the November election. Political scientist Melissa Deckman, specialist in the impact of gender, religion and age on political behavior in the United States, who has just published The Politics of Gen Z : How the Youngest Voters Will Shape Our Democracyand directs the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), deciphers the origins, consequences and nuances of this phenomenon.

Are the dividing lines between young men and young women more marked this year than in previous elections?

In my research on Generation Z, I have indeed noticed a di