Sofia Ong'ele

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Author Bio

Sofia Ong’ele is director of digital strategy of Gen Z for Change. She is a Public Voices Fellow on Youth Well-Being and Power of The OpEd Project and Hopelab.

June 4, 2026

Gen Z voters are disillusioned: we need ranked-choice voting 

This week, I voted in my second California gubernatorial primary. As the strategy director at a nonprofit focused on youth civic engagement, you’d think I’d be enthusiastic. But my peers and I are exhausted. Our primary system is ineffectual at best and—after countless conversations with other young voters—I believe that unless we improve our primary system, our disillusionment…