Young Voters Are Abandoning American Political Parties in Droves

The exodus is confounding because, at least in recent elections, younger voters have also been voting at higher rates than ever before.

AP/David Goldman
Voters outside a polling site at Warwick, Rhode Island, November 7, 2022, the last day of early voting before the midterm election. AP/David Goldman

Fueled by a growing economic and political conflict between millennials and baby boomers, younger voters are leaving political parties at dramatic rates — and the Republican Party is seeing the worst of it. 

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