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Party identification by generation in 2025

How Gen Z, millennials, Gen X, baby boomers, and the Silent Generation identify politically.

Which generations are most politically independent?

Political identity by generation

Data via Election.org

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What this chart says

A 56% majority of Gen Z adults identified as independent in Gallup's 2025 average.

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Gallup 2025 annual party-identification averages grouped by birth cohort.

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Party identification by generation in 2025: source values used by Election.org
GroupDemocratIndependentRepublican
Generation Z (born 1997-2007)27.0%56.0%17.0%
Millennial (born 1981-1996)24.0%54.0%21.0%
Generation X (born 1965-1980)25.0%42.0%31.0%
Baby Boom (born 1946-1964)32.0%33.0%34.0%
Silent Generation (born before 1946)32.0%30.0%37.0%