Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science and research consultant at the University of Chicago's GenForward, was recently a guest on  Bloomberg's “Balance of Power” and NPR's 1A. They spoke about the results of the latest GenForward poll, young Americans’ attitudes towards the 2024 election and the issues that are important to young voters.

“In 2020 when we did this survey to understand what were the important issues to young voters, they said police brutality, they said the coronavirus pandemic and racism. But in our most recent poll, what they actually said was income inequality and economic growth,” Jackson told NPR's 1A (segment begins at 11:56). “It seems that what we saw four years ago has really shifted for young voters and they're more concerned now with how they're going to have economic longevity,” they said.

“A lot of young people are having a hard time tuning into politics because they can't figure out where to find accurate information that actually reflects what's happening in the world” Jackson said on Bloomberg's “Balance of Power.” “So many young people are tuning out, and where they are now is they're concerned about choosing, what people say, is the lesser of two evils. They want a better choice in November and may of them are saying that if they're not going to have a better choice then they're just going to stay home,” they said.