Ngokuseka imifelandawonye yezizukulwana ezigxile kwiinqobo ezisemgangathweni ekwabelwana ngazo endaweni yeengcinga eziziintlaba-zahlukane, abantu abatsha banokufunda kwimilo eyayiphambi kwabo. โAsingabokuqala ukuba sibambene nale miba.โ
Emva konyulo lwaphakathi enyakeni luka-2022, u-Gen Z wayebongwe kakhulu ngabezopolitiko kunye neengcali zedemokhrasi ngokuyekisa inkqubo. iliza elibomvu. "Abavoti abancinci bayayicima yonke ivoti enye yabo bangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-65. Abangaphantsi kweminyaka engama-30 nabangaphantsi kweminyaka engama-40 yayikuphela kweqela leminyaka ukuya kwiDemokhrasi kwaye baya kakhulu kwiDemocrats," utshilo usihlalo wabafundi beHarvard Public Opinion Project, uAlan Zhang. , kwi udliwano-ndlebe ne-ABC News. "Ngaphandle kwevoti yolutsha, bekungekho firewall eye yanqanda iliza elibomvu ukuba lithathe indawo." Ngoku ka idatha evela kwiZiko loLwazi kunye noPhando kwi-Civic Learning kunye ne-Engagement kwiYunivesithi yaseTufts, malunga neepesenti ezingama-27 zabavoti abavotileyo ngexesha lonyulo lwaphakathi konyaka ka-2022 bebengaphantsi kweminyaka engama-30, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ibe licandelo lesibini eliphezulu labavoti bolutsha malunga neminyaka engama-30.
Kodwa abavoti abancinci abakwenzanga bodwa. Nangona iziphumo zePew Research Centre bonisa ukuba abavoti benkulungwane yeminyaka babezithanda kakhulu iiDemokhrasi, abavoti beGeneration X-abo bazalwa ngo-1965 ukuya kowe-1980-nabo bathambekele kwicala leDemocratic Party, ngeepesenti ezingama-48 ezichonga njengeDemocratic Party, ngelixa kuphela ngama-43 epesenti ethanda iRiphabhlikhi Party. UJustin Meszler, umlawuli wogayo lwe Abavoti baNgomso, intlangano ekhokelwa lulutsha ejolise ekukhuthazeni imizamo ye-pro-democracy phakathi kwabaselula ngokusebenzisa imidiya yoluntu kunye neziganeko ezicwangcisiweyo zedijithali, wathi uhlala esebenza kunye namavolontiya amadala-ngamanye amaxesha ngaphezu kweminyaka eyi-90. โAsingabokuqala ukubandakanyeka kule miba,โ utshilo uMeszler, umfundi owenza unyaka wokuqala kwiYunivesithi yaseBrown. โIsicwangciso sethu kunye nomsebenzi wethu awukho bucala kumsebenzi osele uphambi kwethu. ixhaswa ngumsebenzi kunye nobuchule bamavolontiya ethu amadala, abacebisi kunye namahlakani. "
Ngaphandle komanyano lwamazwe ngamazwe abalwenzileyo kwi-Voters of Tomorrow, uMeszler uthe ngekhe bakwazi ukwenza izigidi zeefowuni kunye nemibhalo emva konyulo lwaseGeorgia. "Iibhanki zethu zeefowuni, iibhanki zemiyalezo ziqhutywa nguGen Z, ngabaneminyaka eyi-18 njengam, kodwa siyayamkela yonke inkxaso," utshilo. "Sinombulelo ngobuchule obunomdla esibubonile kumavolontiya ethu amadala kunye namahlakani ethu, kuba sonke silwela ikamva elifanayo kunye nemilinganiselo efanayo." Ukuze kusetyenziswe amandla kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana, uMeszler uthe, umbutho wakhe ugxile ekusebenziseni iinqobo ekwabelwana ngazo phakathi kwabavoti abadala nabancinci. Ukongeza ekuxhaseni iGen-Z, aba bavoti banamava ngakumbi bayaqhubeka nokuhlala besebenza kwezopolitiko, bekhuthazwa ngamava abo njengabantu abancinci.
Njengebhinqa eliselula, uSherry Sybesma, ogqiba iminyaka engama-77 kulo nyaka, uxhase ukuqhomfa ngokusemthethweni. Xa iNkundla ePhakamileyo yabhukuqa Roe v. Wade, wayekulungele ukulwa ukuze akhusele amalungelo okuzala awayewancede waphumelela ebutsheni bakhe. Ngokutsho kukaSybesma, abantu kwisizukulwana sakhe bazibophelele njengoko babenjalo kwiminyaka engama-50 eyadlulayo. UCarol Tekavec, oneminyaka engama-70 ubudala, uyavumelana noko. Waya ezitratweni ukuze angenele uqhankqalazo kwidolophu yakhe encinci eColorado. โNdandinombhalo wam omncinane othi โPro-Choiceโ ndaza ndawaxelela loo mantombazana aselula, โNdiyazingca ngani ngokuphuma kwenu apha.โโ Ezi zizukulwana zahlukeneyo kuya kufuneka zisebenze kunye ukuze kwenziwe inkqubela phambili eyenziwayo. , watsho uSybesma. "Kufuneka sidibane kwinto esivumelana ngayo okanye asizukuphumelela."
โSiphila kwelona xesha lahluke kakhulu kwimbali yoluntu,โ utshilo u-Eunice Lin Nichols, i-CEO yesebe. CoGenerate, ezabalazela ukudala uthungelwano lwezizukulwana ngezizathu zokuba akukho sizukulwana sinokucombulula iingxaki zabo sisodwa. โSinezizukulwana ezihlanu emsebenzini, sihlala kunye, sidlala kunye, sisesikolweni, sinqula kunye kuzo zonke iindawo. Ukanti, xa ujonga iindawo esihlala kuzo, esisebenza kuzo, esidlala kuzo, esinqula kuzo kwaye sifunde, izakhiwo zahluke kakhulu ngokweminyaka.โ NgokukaNichols, ababaninzi abantu abakwaziyo ukubona umanyano phakathi kwezizukulwana njengesiqhelo kuba uluntu lusoloko lutyhalela phambili ukucalulana ngokweminyaka. โSichithe ixesha nemali eninzi sisohlula iminyaka ngenxa yokusebenza kakuhle. Ulutsha lusesikolweni, abantu abakubudala obuphakathi basemsebenzini, abantu abadala baye batyhalelwa kubahlali abadla umhlala-phantsi,โ utshilo.
Umenzi wefilimu u-Sky Bergman, i-CoGenerate Innovation Fellow kunye nonjingalwazi kwiYunivesithi yaseCal Poly State, eSan Luis Obispo, uzama ukuvala ukwahlukana phakathi kwezizukulwana nangaphambi kokuba azibandakanye ne-CoGenerate. Ngelixa efota ifilimu yakhe Abavoti banaphakade, ufumene ithuba lokungqina ulungelelwaniso olunentsingiselo phakathi kwabavoti abadala abasuka kwiLeague of Women Voters kunye nabafundi bezikolo eziphakamileyo. โNdicinga ukuba ukubona uvuyo ababenalo aba bafundi, yayimangalisaโฆ. baze bamamele imiba abafuna ukuvotela yona,โ utshilo. "Ndiye ndacinga ukuba, le yinto ebaluleke kakhulu, ukuba sihlanganise izizukulwana kolu thethathethwano noluntu kuba abavoti, ukuba baqala bebancinci, baya kuba ngabavoti ubomi babo bonke."
UBergman uthe izizukulwana ezahlukeneyo zabavoti zinokuphulukana okuninzi ukuba azikubekeli phambili ukusebenza kumaqela obudala. Iindlela zoqhagamshelwano phakathi kwezizukulwana zihlala zingafumaneki ebantwini, ngokukaNichols. Ukuphendula, i-CoGenerate yenze amanyathelo okunceda ukukhuthaza olu nxibelelwano, olufana nokubonelela ngezibonelelo kwimibutho eyila okanye eyandisa โiinkqubo ezidibanisa abadala nabancinci ukuba basebenze kunye.โ โKukho ubulumko nolwazi oluziswa ngabantu abadala abanamava angakumbi obomi. Abantu abancinci bazisa iimbono ezintsha, โutshilo uBergman. "Kwaye ndicinga ukuba xa udibanisa la maqela mabini, izimvo ezintsha kunye namava aphilayo, ndicinga ukuba iyamangalisa into enokwenzeka kunye nento esinokuyifunda komnye nomnye."
USybesma uthe undoqo kwintsebenziswano eyomeleleyo phakathi kwabavoti bezizukulwana kukulungela ukulalanisa kunye nokuphulaphula. Izizukulwana ngezizukulwana zityekele ekugwebeni omnye komnye, utshilo, ngokusekwe kwiingcamango ezigwenxa. UNichols ugxininise ukubaluleka kokubona ubuntu babantu kunye nokunyaniseka endaweni yokubona umahluko phakathi kwabo. UMeszler uthe iqela lakhe ligxininisa ngakumbi kumaxabiso ekwabelwana ngawo, nto leyo evala lo mahluko usisiseko endaweni yokudala ulwahlulo olongezelelweyo.
Njengoko uMichelle Perrine, ivolontiya kunye neVote Gcina iMelika, wachaza, abaninzi abaphembeleli abadala bazibona bebancinci kwiGen-Z. โSesidlule kule nto. Ndikhumbula ndinengxoxo-mpikiswano kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo malunga ibhadi,โ watsho uPerrine. โNdiziva ngathi ndifuna nje ukufikelela kubo ndize ndithi, โJonga, kuya kulunga. Siza kukunceda. Kwaye siza kukunceda wenze ukuma. Sisenako ukuwuphumelela lo mlo.โโ
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