Muri uyu mwaka wonyine gusa, abasore n’inkumi barimo buzuza imyaka 18 y’amavuko babarirwa muri miliyoni umunani. Abashakashatsi bo muri kaminuza yigenga yitwa Tufts, iri muri leta ya Massachusetts, bavuga ko aya matora areba abakiri bato bagera kuri miliyoni 41 bari mu kigero kiri hagati y’imyaka 18 na 27 y’ubukure. Bavuga ko imyitwarire yabo muri aya matora itazaterwa n’ikigero cy’ubukure bwabo ahubwo ko bizaturuka ku cyo bari cyo.
Alberto Medina ni umushakashatsi muri Tufts University. Agira ati: “Hafi kimwe cya kabiri cyabo, aba twitwa Gen Z, ni urubyiruko rwo mu moko adafite ubwiganze muri rubanda. Hafi kimwe cya gatanu cyabo bavuga ko bari
Mu cyiciro cy’abakundana bahuje icyitsina n’abinduje igitsina. Ni ukuvuga abantu b’ingeli nyinshi, uhereye ku cyo bari cyo, uburere n’imibereho byabo, ibyo banyuzemo n’ubunararibonye byabahaye kugeza ubu, imitekerereze n’imyumvire yabo, n’ibyo bifuza kugeraho mu buzima bwabo.”
Ubusanzwe mu bihe byashize, abakiri bato ntibitabiraga cyane kujya gutora. Naho aba bitwa Gen Z (cyangwa Generation Z, Zoomers, bavutse hagati y’umwaka w’1997 n’uw’2012) baratandukanye. Bo bashishikajwe rwose na politiki kurusha ababakuriye babaga bari mu kigero kimwe. Nko mu 2020, abarenga 50% baratoye.
Mu matora y’inteko ishinga amatora yo hagati muri manda y’umukuru w’igihugu yo mu 2018, abakiri bato bagiye gutora barenga 28%. Bakubye inshuro zirenga ebyiri abatoye mu 2014. Bariyongereye na none kurushaho cyane mu matora ya Perezida wa Repubulika n’inteko ishinga amategeko mu 2020. 50% baratoye.
Mu matora yo hagati muri manda y’umukuru w’igihugu yo mu 2022, abakiri bato batoye abakandida b’ishyaka ry’Abademokarate kurusha cyane kure Abarepubulikani. Yego Abarepubulikani barayatsinze! Ariko barusha Abademokarate amajwi make.
Mu badepite, Abarepubulikani begukanye intebe 222 kuri 219 z’Abademokarate. Ariko rero, abashakashatsi n’abasesenguzi mu bya politiki bemeza ko Abarepubulikani bari gusiga Abademokarate kure iyo urubyiruko ruba rwarabagiye inyuma.
Muri aya matora yo muri uyu mwaka, nabwo ibipimo bisohoka muri iyi minsi byerekana ko Visi-Perezida Kamala Harris, kandida w’Abademokarate ku mwanya w’umukuru w’igihugu, ari imbere mu bakiri bato kurusha uwo bayahanganyemo, uwahoze ari Perezida wa Repubulika, Donald Trump, kandida w’Abarepubulikani.
Abashakashatsi ariko bati: “Kamala Harris naramuka abumvishije ko bagomba gusohoka ari benshi kugirango bajye gutora, bashobora kuba ari we bazaha amajwi yabo ku bwinshi.”
Ubu amatora yaratangiye ku mugaragaro muri leta zimwe na zimwe. Mu zabimuriye izindi twavuga nka Virginia, Minnesota, North Dakota, na Vermont. Izindi nazo ziragenda ziyongeraho buhoro buhoro kugera ku munsi rukokoma wa nyuma tariki ya 5 y’ukwa 11 gutaha. (VOA)
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