The division between men and women is one of the most marked divisions of American politics at this time, and that division is deeper in generation Z, which is taking the traditional gender gap in American politics and stretching it even more.
The new data of the NBC News Stay Attoned survey, promoted by Surveymonkey, show that the debates about President Donald Trump, billionaire Elon Musk, immigration and the state of the country boost the greatest division between men and women of the Z generation. But it is not just a pure policy that drives the gender gap pronounced. There are also great divisions into policy issues such as abortion and broader value questions.
In large part, the driver is the Z generation of women, which is more likely to identify as Democrats and take the liberal position in questions throughout the survey compared to other generations or the population of the United States as a whole. And the effects of that dramatic division could define American politics for decades if it continues.
Take the Trump approval index. Among all adults, 45% say they approve of Trump’s work performance and 55% disapprove. Adults between the ages of 18 and 29 qualify the president worse than that: 34% approve, 66% disapprove.
But the difference between young men and women is significant. While 45% of young men approve of Trump’s work performance, only 24% of young women do, a difference of 21 points.
Gender gaps mark each generation, but are not so marked in other places. There is only a 7 -point gap in Trump’s approval index between men and women 65 years of age or older; a 13 -point gap between the ages of 45 and 64; and a 9-point gap among young people of 30-44.
The great sample of the survey includes 2,230 respondents from 18 to 29 years, with a margin of error of more or less 2.7 percentage points between that cohort.
There is a similar and extra gap from all over the world between men and women of the Z generation in their views on the management of Trump’s immigration, as well as on their views of the White House Advisor Musk.
Musk is favorably seen by 41% of all adults and unfavorably in 59%. But while the men of the Z generation are in line with the national population, with 43% see it favorably, only 20% of women in generation Z see Musk favorably.
The negative opinions of Trump and musizcle underline how younger women who are so democratic with younger men are compared. In addition, young women are more likely to align with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
A slight majority of women in generation Z (52%) say they are considered Democrats, the greatest concentration of any age group and gender within a political party. Among the men of generation Z, one third says they are Democrats.
Meanwhile, 38% of men in generation Z identify as Republicans, compared to 20% of women in generation Z. The partisan gender gap is wider among generation Z than in any other generation.
Gen Z women are also more pessimistic about the country’s direction. Forty percent of all adults say that the United States is on the right path, in line with 37% of men among the ages of 18-29 that agree. But only 20% of women in generation Z feel the same.
Generation Z was also divided into cultural issues
The hard political division between men and women of the Z generation comes along with other notable divisions, from how this generation consumes news and information on how a series of cultural problems is processing differently from greater generations.
Around a third of young men (37%) say they are “extremely proud” of being Americans, duplicating the part of young women who say the same. And a greater proportion of young women (22%) says that “they are not” proud to be American, compared to 13% of young men. In comparison, most men and women over 65 say that they are extremely proud to be American.
While that question is exclusively American, the growing gender division among young people is not. Surveyers, social scientists and politicians have observed that it occurs in other countries in recent years, raising broader questions about global culture and information ecosystems.
Double women under 30 say that they consider that Tiktok is their favorite source of news and information compared to young men, while young men have twice as probabilities to call YouTube their favorite news source of news and information compared to young women, according to the survey.
The survey also describes the differences in priorities. The greatest proportion of young men (31%) says that the economy is more important for them at this time, while the main problem chosen by most women in generation Z (22%) are threats to democracy. The participation of women in the Z generation who say that abortion is their main problem (16%) is more than double any other age range. Meanwhile, 4% of men in generation Z say that abortion is the most important issue for them.
There is also a broader gap among men and women of Z generations than in other generations in diversity, equity and inclusion programs, with 85% of young women who say such efforts are useful compared to 63% of young men who say the same.
While most men and women of the Z generation disapprove how Trump is driving Dei, young women do so at a much higher level, with 78% disapproval compared to 54% of men in generation Z.
And in particular, generation Z also has a broader gender gap compared to previous generations in questions about gender problems and roles.
More young men (69%) agree that there are only two genres, while approximately half (51%) of young women say the same. That abyss is twice that the general gender gap in this question.
A greater proportion of men in generation Z (72%) than women in generation Z (56%) say that transgender women should not be allowed to practice women’s sports.
Young men and women also showed a division on whether the country would be stronger if women had “traditional gender roles”, such as the house of home and the raising of children.
Three out of four z women do not agree that the country would be stronger if women had traditional roles, with 58% disagree. While 59% of men in gene generation also disagree with that feeling, only one third says they disagree.
This NBC News Stay Tuned survey was Driven by SurveymonkeyThe rapid and intuitive feedback management platform where 20 million questions are answered daily. It was held from April 11 to 20 between a national sample of 19,682 adults of 18 years or more. The informed percentages exclude the non -item response and the round to the closest percentage point. The estimated margin of error for this survey among all adults is about 2.2 percentage points.
