Gen Z Harris Voters Reject Traditional Values Like Marriage, Children, And Religion: Poll

A new NBC News Decision Desk/SurveyMonkey poll of over 30,000 adults reveals what many conservatives have long suspected: young Americans — particularly women who voted for Kamala Harris — are abandoning traditional American values at an alarming rate.

The poll, which surveyed nearly 3,000 Gen Z adults (ages 18 to 29), shows a sharp cultural divide — not only between men and women — but between those who support Trump and those backing the Biden-Harris agenda. And when it comes to the values that define a successful life, the contrast is stark.

Gen Z men who voted for Donald Trump overwhelmingly valued family, faith, and financial independence. They ranked having children as the number one marker of success. In fact, the top five values among this group included being married, being spiritually grounded, and making their family or community proud.

Contrast that with Harris voters — especially women — and a radically different picture emerges. For Harris-voting women, having children ranked 12th out of 13. Being married was even lower. Being spiritually grounded was virtually irrelevant. These voters instead prioritized emotional stability, self-fulfillment, and using their talents to help others — feelings above family and faith.

For example, while Gen Z women who supported Harris obsessed over emotional well-being, Trump-supporting women ranked spiritual grounding and home ownership far higher — hallmarks of personal responsibility and long-term investment. Three weeks before the 2024 election, Business Insider noted, “In a 2023 Pew survey, more than seven in 10 single women identified as a Democrat or leaned Democratic, compared with 45% of married women. … A recent Ipsos survey found Harris leading among single women voters by nearly 40 points.”

In the NBC poll, nearly two-thirds of Gen Z women said they felt anxious “most” or “all of the time.”

It’s a generation caught in emotional turmoil. Instead of finding stability in tradition, they are endorsing a worldview that lives by an entirely different moral code that rejects the very principles that built Western civilization.