The sole debate between presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris has come and gone. How will the candidates’ debate performances impact voters at the ballot box on Election Day?

Yalda Uhls, adjunct professor of psychology and founder and CEO of the Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA, today released “Young Voters Embrace Post-Racial Politics in a Digital World,” the results of a recent survey tracking Gen Zers’ and millennials’ media consumption and interest in politics.

Uhls says young voters are moving away from old paradigms and polarization when it comes to how they think about politics and want to vote:

“On Tuesday night, Kamala Harris reinforced a positive, hopeful and unifying tone during her debate performance, which seems to be continuing to resonate with a younger generation that is more diverse than ever before and very digitally and politically engaged.”

“Our research showed that among Gen Z voters who said they were not motivated to vote in the 2024 presidential election prior to Harris’ nomination, a third became motivated to vote, and to vote for Harris, once the nomination was announced. I think post-debate this trend will continue.”