summarize this: "One-in-ten eligible voters in the 2020 electorate will be part of a new generation of Americans   Generation Z. Born after 1996, most members of this generation are not yet old enough to vote, but as the oldest among them turn 23 this year, roughly 24 million will have the opportunity to cast a ballot in November. And their political clout will continue to grow steadily in the coming years, as more and more of them reach voting age. \nUnlike the Millennials   who came of age during the Great Recession   this new generation was in line to inherit a strong economy with record-low unemployment. That has all changed now, as COVID-19 has reshaped the country s social, political and \neconomic landscape. Instead of looking ahead to a world of opportunities, Gen Z now peers into an uncertain future. \nThere are already signs that the oldest Gen Zers have been particularly hard hit in the early weeks and months of the coronavirus crisis. In a March 2020 Pew Research Center survey, half of the oldest Gen Zers (ages 18 to 23) reported that they or someone in their household had lost a job or taken a cut in pay because of the outbreak. This was significantly higher than the shares of Millennials (40%), Gen Xers (36%) and Baby Boomers (25%) who said the same. In addition, an analysis of jobs data showed that young workers were particularly vulnerable to job loss before the coronavirus outbreak, as they were overrepresented in high-risk service sector industries. \nIndiana University students move out of student housing due to the coronavirus pandemic. (NAME_1/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty Images) \nAside from the unique set of circumstances in which Gen Z is approaching adulthood, what do we know about this new generation  We know it s different from previous generations in some important ways, but similar in many ways to the Millennial generation that came before it. Members of Gen Z are more racially and ethnically diverse than any previous generation, and they are on track to be the most well-educated generation yet. They are also digital natives who have little or no memory of the world as it existed before smartphones. \nStill, when it comes to their views on key social and policy issues, they look very much like Millennials. Pew Research Center surveys conducted in the fall of 2018 (more than a year before the coronavirus outbreak) among Americans ages 13 and older found that, similar to Millennials, Gen Zers are progressive and pro-government, most see the country s growing racial and ethni There should be exactly 7 paragraphs separated by the markdown divider: ***.
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