Trust remains a major issue for voters heading into this election cycle, and a new poll has found this is the case for more than half of Gen Z adults.
The Walter Family Foundation-Gallup’s Voice of Gen Z study sought to better understand how America’s youngest citizens feel about several topics, including how much trust they have in the presidency.
According to the poll, 52% of voting-age adults born in 1997 or later have “very little” trust in the presidency. Another 34% said they had “some” trust, while 10% said they had “quite a lot” and 3% said they had a “great deal.”
Gen Z, or those aged 12 to 27, shared earlier this year that it’s not only the presidency they struggle to find trust in but also Congress, as only 46% had “some,” “quite a lot,” or a “great deal” of trust in the branch of government.
As for those with “very little” confidence in Congress, that number sits at 55%, according to the pollsters.
The Supreme Court did fare a little better than the other two branches of government, as 35% reported having some trust in the nation’s highest court, along with 14% who said they had quite a lot and 5% who said they had a great deal. Only 46% reported having very little trust in the judicial branch.
Other polls have looked to take a temperature check on younger voters and how they feel about the November ticket.
A New York Times-Siena poll from earlier this month found that 52% of young registered voters plan on casting their ballots for Vice President Kamala Harris, while 36% said they would vote for former President Donald Trump.
Another from YouGov showed Harris had an even larger lead, earning 58% of support from young voters, compared to 27% for Trump.
IPSOS found similar results, with Trump performing the best at 40%, while Harris had 56% of the votes from the youngest generation of voters.
However, the massive lead Harris has among younger Americans may not be enough to swing the election one way or the other, as historically, younger voters are the least likely to make their voices heard by casting a ballot.
Last December, before the ballot was set, the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School poll found that only 49% of 18-to-29-year-olds were “definitely” planning on voting for president in 2024.
The Voice of Gen Z study included responses from 4,157 people ages 12-27 from April 27 to May 9. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.1 percentage points.