“ “The overall evidence may be summarised as follows: young men and women are drifting apart in some political attitudes and political behaviour, but not in others, and this is happening in some countries and not in others.” 1.1.2 Is there a Gen Z gender divide? ” Survey asks people to recall how they voted in the last national elections in their country, which may The emerging and quickly growing research field provide some information on vote choice in national on the so-called Gen Z gender divide reveals mixed and European elections. In addition to asking about findings. The overall evidence may be summarised people’s actual vote choice, the survey asks its as follows: young men and women are drifting apart respondents:“how likely is it that you would ever vote in some political attitudes and political behaviour, for party X?” for several parties in the respondents’ but not in others, and this is happening in some countries of residence. Respondents answer this countries and not in others. question by assessing their likelihood to ever vote for a certain party on a scale from 0 to 10, where “The overall evidence may be summarised as follows: 0 indicates zero likelihood and 10 indicates that young men and women are drifting apart in some respondents are very likely to ever vote for a certain political attitudes and political behaviour, but not in party. Importantly, this question does not ask about others, and this is happening in some countries and actual vote choice but rather about the likelihood not in others.” that one would ever vote for a party. It may thus be considered a measure of how favourably a person In the following, we unpack this mixed evidence, views a certain party. looking at three types of political engagement: young men and women’s vote choice; left-right Recent evidence from the 2024 European Election ideology; and attitudes towards political issues such Survey shows interesting trends among young men as immigration, economic redistribution, gender and women: across all EU member states, young equality and feminism. men(30 years or younger) are not particularly more likely than middle-aged men(31-65 years) 1.1.2.1 Voting to report that they voted for far-right parties in the last national elections in their countries. 17 However, young men are significantly more likely than older The most recent evidence on young men and men and women of any age group to indicate a women’s voting behaviour across several countries high likelihood that they would ever vote for a far­stems from the 2024 European Election Survey, right party in their countries. This evidence shows which collects data during every European that young men today view far-right parties more Parliament election period. 16 The advantage of favourably than older men and women of any age analysing European Parliament elections data is group. However, when considering all EU member that these elections happen at the same time in states in the analysis, this does not translate into all EU countries, and the European Election Survey consistently higher far-right vote shares among provides data on all these countries over the same young men. time period, enabling a comparison of young men and women’s voting behaviour across 27 European member states. Furthermore, the European Election “…young men today view far-right parties more favourably than older men and women of any age 20 EqualiZe