The political power of Gen Z women

Enlarge this image Why are Gen Z women more liberal than Gen Z men? Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Getty Images Why are Gen Z women more liberal than Gen Z men? Getty Images The leftward shift of Gen Z women is one of the most dramatic political trends happening right now. Polling data from Gallup found that 40% of young women aged 18-29 self-describe as liberal compared to 28% of the same demographic at the beginning of the century. So what’s causing a new generation of young women to move to the left?Brittany is joined by founder of the Up and Up Newsletter, Rachel Janfaza, and New York Times reporter, Claire Cain Miller. Together they discuss what we should make of the growing political gender gap between young men and young women. Sponsor Message This episode was produced by Corey Bridges. It was edited by Neena Pathak. We had engineering support from Robert Rodriguez. Our Supervising Producer is Barton Girdwood. Our Executive Producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of Programming is Yolanda Sangweni.