Editorials
Published November 3, 2026 5:00am
Our news affiliate Colorado Politics reports this week that young Colorado voters are predominantly registering as unaffiliated, mirroring more or less the same trend among voters of all ages in our state.
The Colorado Politics report also reveals another telling dynamic among the state’s young voters, as noted by University of Colorado political science Prof. Janet Donavan: While most older unaffiliated voters started out with a party and moved away from it over time, Gen Z and younger millennials seem to be sidestepping the two major political parties from the start.
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“They are looking for something different,” Donavan said. “They don’t feel like the major party candidates are addressing the issues that are most important to them, which are things like inflation, college costs, and housing costs.”
The news report also noted that, as of last week, only 8% of Colorado voters under 35 had cast their ballots so far in this year’s election.…
