New: a majority of Americans under 45 say it's important to date or marry someone with the same political views. It matters less and less as Americans age.

Read & listen to my latest on the complicated relationship between politics and finding looove ♥️

www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...

My look into the early campaigns of 5 young Democratic candidates challenging incumbents

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www.npr.org/2025/04/23/n...

my belated post-election next steps at NPR! add me to your lists/reach out/drop me a line!!! 💕✨🥯

If you’re a young person who felt left out of the election or let down by the candidates over Gaza, I’m hoping to talk to you today. DMs open

On this Inauguration day, I take a look at how anti-Trump organizers are feeling about activism in his second term
www.npr.org/2025/01/20/n...

Follow NPR's coverage of Pete Hegseth's Senate hearing here
www.npr.org/2025/01/14/g...

From The Up and Up, a newsletter focused on Gen Z politics and culture by Rachel Janfaza: www.theupandup.us

"Of all 535 members of the Congress, just 11 are currently 35-years-old or younger. That’s a whopping 2%"

Maxwell Frost (FL-10), who is 27, remains the only Gen Z member of Congress

Vice President Harris is giving a speech directed at young Americans today.

It comes after she underperformed with voters under 30 last month. (She won the group, but compared to President Biden's 2020 performance, her margin dropped by 13 points.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBQv...

Haven’t been here in a while but I’ll try it again 🤗. Sharing some recent work I’ve been up to belowwwww

Hi! I'm officially heading to NPR's 2024 elections team to cover young and new voters as a political reporter!

It's coverage I've done for a while, but now I'm saying goodbye to producing the NPR Politics Podcast, and I'll be reporting full-time

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A look at the youngest GOP party chair in the country, John Wahl, who is 37.

Latest from me and @ximenabustillo.bsky.social
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/07/1196635596/alabama-republican-party-john-wahl-trump-desantis-gop-black-voters-young-voters

NEW: Gun control activist David Hogg is announcing a new group focused on getting young people into state and federal office.

It’s called Leaders We Deserve. And I spoke with him about it.

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/09/1191455776/young-voters-david-hogg-pac-campaign-elections-genz-millennial

The GOP faces a tough battle with recruiting young voters

But among young people already in the Republican camp, where do they stand more than a year out from the election?

I checked in with some of them

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1188528155/young-conservatives-trump-desantis-voting-2024

Where does rural Gen Z stand? @ximenabustillo.bsky.social and I went down to North Carolina, and got a group together to talk about it.

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/14/1185826401/rural-voters-lean-red-young-voters-lean-blue-so-whats-a-young-rural-voter-to-do

Are you even human if you didn’t seriously debate adopting a dog today for at least 5 mins

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This 👏 was 👏 so 👏 good 😭
https://youtu.be/C47H4mOq6Ho

Maybe this will break the ice. Also my first invite code will be going to Call Your Mother Deli