Millennials, Gen Xers, and Boomers Have Voted at Similar Rates When They Were The Same Age
The voter turnout in presidential elections of each generation (defined by birth years below) in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. elections in which the entire age cohort (ages 18-24) was eligible to vote.
Note: For Boomers, the first presidential election was 1972, for Gen X it was 1992, and for Millennials it was 2008. 2020 was the first Presidential election year in which a cohort of 18-24 year olds were from the Gen-Z birth yeras.
Source:
CIRCLE's analysis of the Census Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplement, 1972-2020