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It's not just that a teenager today is more progressive than a teenager in the 90s, but that same teenager in the 90s has more progressive views now as an adult, than they did then.
Anecdotally this checks out. I and many people I know were unpolitical, even nihilistic, in their teens and twenties, and lots of us are now activists. Could never have seen myself doing any charity work or campaigning when I was younger, was just a selfish little shit
William.
It used to be true, but isn't any more.
This could be a shift in social attitudes - e.g. It's not just that a teenager today is more progressive than a teenager in the 90s, but that same teenager in the 90s has more progressive views now as an adult, than they did then.
Personally I think it's more that the preconditions you need to support maintaining the status quo are no longer there. I know I use this example a lot, but if you took Sunak's parents from 1980, and put them in 2010 they would never have a shot at providing him the same opportunities.
But overall I think current Tory support will come from a place of true conservativism - i.e. I've always voted Tory and I think I will be better off.