EPISODE · Jun 9, 2022 · 22 MIN
How mass shootings affect young voters
from Headlines From The Times · host Mark Nieto, Mike Heflin, David Toledo, Angel Carreras, Kasia Broussalian, Carlos De Loera, Gustavo Arellano, Shannon Lin, Denise Guerra, Shani O. Hilton, Mario Diaz, Madalyn Amato, Surya Hendry, Jazmín Aguilera, Ashlea Brown, Kinsee Morlan
This year’s midterm elections were expected to be a referendum on the economy, but as gun violence is on the minds of Americans, yet again, millennials and zillennials, who’ve grown up in an era of massacres, might prove a constituency that no politician can ignore. If they show up to the ballot box, that is.Today, we talk about how gun violence affects the politics of young voters.Read the full transcript here.Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuests: L.A. Times 2021-22 Los Angeles Times Fellow Anumita KaurMore reading:Newsletter: Essential Politics: Do mass shootings affect young voters?School shootings have increased recently; the violence in Texas is among the deadliestThousands protest outside NRA convention in Texas days after massacre in Uvalde
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For a generation raised on mass shootings as a regular part of American life, politics can either be a place to enact change — or something to completely ignore.
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