The doubters said Gen Z wouldn't show up at the polls. They were wrong | CNN

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : My parents have always been avid voters, because my brother has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and relies on social services.
50% : Since then, discussions about voting and abortion still dominate the conversations on campus.
49% : So I guess we have Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and his bill to restrict abortion nationwide to thank for helping ignite the continued interest and activism among people in my age group.
49% : And while we can't know for sure yet, I have a feeling it was youth voters who drove key victories for abortion ballot measures and for pro-choice candidates around the United States.
47% : Young people there are feeling the same urgency that we felt in our in Kansas during August's vote on abortion.
44% : My friends and I all know people who have needed to access abortion.
42% : When I reached out to my friends ahead of August's ballot measure on abortion, I found many of them weren't even registered to vote.
41% : Speaking for myself, even without abortion as a motivating issue, there was never much of a question that I would go to the polls on Tuesday.

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