{"id":5712,"date":"2018-11-05T23:09:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T23:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=5712"},"modified":"2019-04-11T01:06:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T01:06:19","slug":"generation-z-least-tolerant-coworkers-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/generation-z-least-tolerant-coworkers-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Day Study: Generation Z Least Tolerant of Their Coworkers’ Political Views"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a divisive time in American politics, particularly among the young.<\/p>\n

When asked whether the political views of their coworkers affect their working relationships, 35% of people in Generation Z (ages 18 to 25) said yes, the most of any age group, according to the latest reading of an\u00a0ongoing survey<\/a>\u00a0by Comparably.\u00a0More than 13,000 people, predominantly across the technology sector, participated in the survey.<\/p>\n

***Note: Charts below reflect who answered “no” to the question “Do the political views of your coworkers impact your working relationships?”<\/p>\n

Response by age<\/b><\/p>\n

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Millennials (ages 26 to 35) were next after Gen Z, with 27% of respondents saying their coworkers’ politics affect their working relationships.<\/p>\n

The most tolerant workers were between 46 and 50: just 18% of them said that their coworkers’ political views affect their working relationships.<\/p>\n

The overall average was 25%.<\/p>\n

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By city<\/b><\/p>\n

Riverside, California, had the highest percentage of people who said that their coworkers’ political views affect their working relationships (67%). Fort Lauderdale was next at 46%.<\/p>\n

Phoenix (28%) and Minneapolis (21%) had the lowest percentages of people (81%) who said their coworkers’ political views affect their working relationships.<\/p>\n

***Note: Chart below\u00a0reflects who answered “no” to the question “Do the political views of your coworkers impact your working relationships?”<\/p>\n

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By ethnicity<\/b><\/p>\n

Caucasian respondents were least likely to say their coworkers’ political views affect their working relationships (22%), while those who identify as Hispanic\/Latino or African american were least likely to say the same (29% and 33%, respectively).<\/p>\n

***Note: Chart below\u00a0reflects who answered “no” to the question “Do the political views of your coworkers impact your working relationships?”<\/p>\n

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The latest reading is as of Nov. 5 and includes\u00a013,302 responses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s a divisive time in American politics, particularly among the young. When asked whether the political views of their coworkers affect their working relationships, 35% of people in Generation Z (ages 18 to 25) said yes, the most of any age group, according to the latest reading of an\u00a0ongoing survey\u00a0by Comparably.\u00a0More than 13,000 people, predominantly … Read full-story <\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[65,3],"tags":[296,127,381],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5712"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5712"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6413,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5712\/revisions\/6413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}