How Two generations became lifelong liberals

Zach Toillion
5 min readSep 3, 2019

Two generations have become staggeringly liberal according to every poll taken on the subject. Statistics show that even conservatives under the age of 40 are more accepting of gay rights, drug liberalization, and even issues like gun reform and tasing the rich. Meanwhile, young people of the left have embraced socialism in huge numbers. This effect has been profound. Less than twenty percent of those under 40 identify as Republicans, and the amount that identify as liberal is at an all time high. Simply put, these are the most liberal generations in memory. There are some…

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Zach Toillion

Libertarian Socialist who writes about politics, economics, philosophy religion & history. Former Newspaper Columnist.