Poll Finds Gen Z Voters Are More Likely to Identify as LGBTQ Than Republican

Gen Z adults are more progressive, less religious and more open-minded about their sexuality than other generations.

A new poll demonstrates that younger Americans are decidedly more progressive, less religious, and more likely to describe themselves as LGBTQ than other generations.

In fact, Generation Z adults in the survey were more likely to identify as part of the LGBTQ community than to say they were Republicans.

The poll, produced by Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and published by Axios earlier this week, was conducted in late summer of last year, questioning more than 6,600 Americans across the entirety of the United States.

Respondents were asked a variety of questions regarding their identities, including their views on religion, politics and their sexuality. Among all adults who took part in the poll, just 10 percent said they identified as LGBTQ. Among Gen Z respondents, however — defined as adults who were born after the year 1997 — that rate nearly tripled, with 28 percent saying they were part of the LGBTQ community.

Meanwhile, on the question of political affiliation, just over a quarter of adults total (27 percent) said they were Republican voters. But among Gen Z voters, the rate was even lower, with only one in five (21 percent) saying the same.