One element of young voters' economic dissatisfaction might be a difference in expectations compared to previous generations. This chart from Sherwood News really stood out to me: Gen Z respondents say that they would need > $500k in salary to feel financially successful, compared to $180k for Millennials. With expectations like that (ri…
One element of young voters' economic dissatisfaction might be a difference in expectations compared to previous generations. This chart from Sherwood News really stood out to me: Gen Z respondents say that they would need > $500k in salary to feel financially successful, compared to $180k for Millennials. With expectations like that (right or wrong, it's unrealistic in the U.S. today), Gen Z voters are bound to feel economically disappointed. https://sherwood.news/business/gen-z-salary-expectations-financially-successful/
This is also a demográphic cohort that disproportionately aspires to be social media influencers. Maybe they are at this point just too inexperienced to understand salaries and professions and the realities of both.
When I graduated from college in 1966, I thought a $10,000 salary would be exceptional That is $100,000 in current $. The difference today is the huge income disparity between the well publicized top 1% and everyone else. We are constantly bombarded by the incomes and lifestyle of our gilded age.
One element of young voters' economic dissatisfaction might be a difference in expectations compared to previous generations. This chart from Sherwood News really stood out to me: Gen Z respondents say that they would need > $500k in salary to feel financially successful, compared to $180k for Millennials. With expectations like that (right or wrong, it's unrealistic in the U.S. today), Gen Z voters are bound to feel economically disappointed. https://sherwood.news/business/gen-z-salary-expectations-financially-successful/
This is also a demográphic cohort that disproportionately aspires to be social media influencers. Maybe they are at this point just too inexperienced to understand salaries and professions and the realities of both.
When I graduated from college in 1966, I thought a $10,000 salary would be exceptional That is $100,000 in current $. The difference today is the huge income disparity between the well publicized top 1% and everyone else. We are constantly bombarded by the incomes and lifestyle of our gilded age.