Some Gen Z Trump voters switched sides over what one calls an ‘egregious betrayal’ on the economy and war
Fortune · Muskaan Arshad ·
Home prices rose 30% while young households’ income grew 9%. Gen Z voters explain their midterm votes that drove a "blue wave."
Ryan Wharton normally doesn’t vote.
But at a low point last year, the 28-year-old PR professional and freelance journalist found himself cashing in his pennies and quarters at a Coinstar machine for dollars he could spend on medication and groceries.
This time, the Texas resident voted for Democrats up and down the ticket. He told Fortune the economy under President Donald Trump had left him feeling completely hopeless. He struggles to imagine a future in which Gen Zers like him can live what he considers a “normal life.”