As Biden Courts Gen Z Vote, Voters Feel ‘Powerless’ to a Growing ‘Gerontocracy’ That Doesn’t Represent Them

Fallout after Thursday night’s CNN debate has left younger voters widely disillusioned with their options for the presidency.

The dismal, inarticulate performance by 81-year-old President Joe Biden, and the Democratic party’s growing divide has many prominent figures — including in Hollywood — officially calling for Biden to bow out of the 2024 race. And that has seemingly sowed greater discontent within a key subset of supporters: the youth vote.

“It highlighted this gerontocracy,” Rachel Janfaza, a politics reporter and founder of “The Up and Up,” a digital news site covering “young people and our politics,” told TheWrap. “These two older men are the ones who are at the forefront of their respective parties, and that is just not emblematic of the American electorate, and especially not emblematic of many young voters.”