Young people are drawn to rebellion, and politics is no exception.

For Gen Z voters, it’s the spirit of “juvenile rebelliousness” that has pushed them toward the political right in recent years, said Evan Doerr, who leads the Conservative Coalition at Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics.

This impulse was channeled in the anti-establishment politics of President Donald Trump, Doerr said, and has fueled a shift rightward among younger voters between the 2020 and 2024 elections.

“I read 2024 as less of an anomaly but more of an inflection point,” said Doerr, speaking on a panel at Harvard University’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation on Oct. 14 that examined the shift among Gen Z voters, especially young men, toward the political right.

According to Doerr, ma

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