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Today's Young People and Their Political Gloom

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Abstract

We surveyed young people in the two weeks following the 2024 election to take their pulse on the current state of U.S. politics. This research brief charts the most frequent terms youth use to describe politics today, highlighting their overall dissatisfaction and political gloom.

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