Episode 2: Identity, Interrupted

After every election, the headlines roll in: young voters shifted right, Latino men broke for Trump, suburban women stayed blue. Demographics have become the default way we talk about politics. But when I asked people how they came to their beliefs, the answer was never that simple—it was about morals, pros and cons, weighing impossible choices.Other people's votes? That's where the shortcuts came in.In this episode, we unpack the gap between how we see our own political reasoning and how we explain everyone else's. And for the people who do feel the need to vote according to their identity, the barrier to action isn't awareness—it's the belief that politics can actually do something for their communities.