Almost half of Gen Z voters said they have lied to friends and family about who they are voting for or planning to vote for in a presidential election.
The latest Axios Harris poll found that 48% of voters between the ages of 18 and 27 lied about their vote. Comparatively, overall, nearly one in four voters said they had lied. Millennial voters were the second most likely age group to lie, at 38%. Only 6% of baby boomers and older said they had ever lied about their vote.
Gen Z voters began voting in presidential elections in 2016, when highly polarized former President Donald Trump ran for office for the first time.
In the poll, 44% of Gen Zers and 47% of Millennials said they were not close to some family members because they disagreed with their political beliefs.
“There’s a new privacy emerging here, and it’s much more convenient to lie or not talk about it,” said John Gerzema, CEO of the Harris Poll.
Gerzema suggested that young people in the United States lack the appropriate social skills to deal with conflict and disagreement because they have grown up using smartphones and social media. Therefore, to avoid awkward face-to-face encounters, they may simply utilize social apps to express and express their political opinions, where they can remain anonymous.
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Voters who admitted to lying do not belong to either political party. 27% of Democrats, 24% of Republicans, and 20% of independents admitted to lying about voting.
The survey was conducted from October 22nd to 24th.
