Ahead of the European election, striking data shows where Gen Z and millennials’ allegiances lie.

Far-right parties are surging across Europe — and young voters are buying in.

Many parties with anti-immigrant agendas are even seeing support from first-time young voters in the upcoming June 6-9 European Parliament election.

In Belgium, France, Portugal, Germany and Finland, younger voters are backing anti-immigration and anti-establishment parties in numbers equal to and even exceeding older voters, analyses of recent elections and research of young people’s political preferences suggest.

In the Netherlands, Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration far-right Freedom Party won the 2023 election on a campaign that tied affordable housing to restrictions on immigration — a focus that struck a chord with young voters. In Portugal, too, the far-right party Chega, which means “enough” in Portuguese, drew on young people’s frustration with the housing crisis, among other quality-of-life concerns.

The analysis also points to a split: While young women often reported support for the Greens and other left-leaning parties, anti-migration parties did particularly well among young men. (Though there are some exceptions. See France, below, for example.)

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    5 months ago

    Lots more elections than every four! Every Election, no excuses!

    Bellow I’ve filtered out the primaries, which often have issues not related to party as well, and excludes local elections.

    link at end:
    “2023 – November (Constitutional)
    Registered Voters
    17,759,273
    Voting Age Population (VAP)
    21,925,627
    Percentage of VAP Registered
    81.00%
    Turnout
    2,563,469
    Percent of Turnout to Registered
    14.43%
    Percent of Turnout to VAP
    11.69%
    2022 – November (Gubernatorial)
    Registered Voters
    17,672,143
    Voting Age Population (VAP)
    21,866,700
    Percentage of VAP Registered
    80.82%
    Turnout
    8,102,908
    Percent of Turnout to Registered
    45.85%
    Percent of Turnout to VAP
    37.06%
    2021 - November (Constitutional)
    Registered Voters
    16,968,756
    Voting Age Population (VAP)
    21,866,700
    Percentage of VAP Registered
    77.60%
    Turnout
    1,485,066
    Percent of Turnout to Registered
    8.75%
    Percent of Turnout to VAP
    6.79%
    2020 – November (Presidential)
    Registered Voters
    16,955,519
    Voting Age Population (VAP)
    21,596,071
    Percentage of VAP Registered
    78.51%
    Turnout
    11,315,056
    Percent of Turnout to Registered
    66.73%
    Percent of Turnout to VAP
    52.39” - https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/historical/70-92.shtml