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I went to Columbus and found high school students who want to be... maybe the second or third woman president? They can't run until 2040, and it would be a shame to wait that long for the first.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/us/politics/teens-gen-z-elections.html …

They were at Young Women Run, sponsored by @IGNITE_National. Ignite's goal is to get women into in politics very young, to "normaliz[e] political ambition," founder @annebmoses told me earlier this year. (Yes, this story has been in the works for a while.)https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/us/politics/teens-gen-z-elections.html …

Their generation, Gen Z, is the first in which women are more likely than men to be engaged in politics, according to @MelissaDeckman, a political scientist at Washington College. She's researching why that is.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/us/politics/teens-gen-z-elections.html …

This is the first in a series of articles about Gen Z's entry into the political arena. The oldest were born in 1997, so next year will be the first presidential election in which they play a major role. They're expected to be 1/10 eligible voters.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/us/politics/teens-gen-z-elections.html …