A new NBC poll shows a deep divide in priorities between Gen Z voters who backed Vice President Harris and those who voted for President Trump in 2024. The starkest contrast is over family. To put it bluntly: Democratic voters do not view marriage or children as markers of life’s success. Both men and women in this group ranked their own careers, possessions, and bank accounts above family life. Marriage and children landed at the bottom of the list. Republican voters ranked marriage and family at the top. For male Republican voters, having children was the number one indicator of a successful life. Where does this divide come from? Increasingly, mainstream media has promoted family breakdown as empowerment. The New York Post reports that “menodivorce” is on the rise, claiming menopausal women are leaving marriages due to “built-up resentment.” And the Telegraph praises a woman who lives with her teenage children while entertaining a revolving door of sexual partners. But does this really deliver fulfillment? Can a “Sex and the City” lifestyle — with no one to care for and no one to care for you in return — be a recipe for happiness? Why would the liberal media promote this as a cultural ideal? The data say otherwise. A new study shows that marriage and parenthood do increase the likelihood of happiness. Humans crave deep, lasting connections — why is this suddenly treated as novel? If Democrats truly cared about their voters, they wouldn’t punch down at family life — the very thing that keeps people grounded and happy. Instead, they’ve earned the reputation of being lonely, bitter, and shriveled up. And given that they’re already bleeding voters, they might want to rethink that before their base of embittered singles simply dies out. Who would have thought that it would be considered radical to believe that family still matters? The post Marriage, Children, and the Great Political Split appeared first on Redacted.