Young voters under 30 showed up in historic numbers in 2018 and 2020, helping to shift the outcome of those elections toward major Democratic victories in both cycles.
This cycle, under-30 voters once again hold the fate of the nation in their hands amid a midterm election so closely contested that no one is capable of forecasting the outcomes given the uncertainty surrounding turnout.
A CBS News battleground tracker illustrated the potential Gen Z effect most profoundly, noting that, if under-30 voters turned out in strong numbers, Democrats might manage to keep the lower chamber by a hair.