Feeling Exhausted by US Politics? You’re in the Majority, Authors Say
Politics tamfitronics Are Americans really as polarized as it seems? Authors Sami Sage of Betches Media and the Morning Announcements podcast and Emily Amick, creator of @EmilyinYourPhone and former counsel to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumersay not exactly. They connected on social media after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and their collaboration resulted in their new book, Democracy in Retrograde (Gallery Books). Sage and Amick found that most Americans are part of the (very vocal) minority on the margins, but are rather an "exhausted majority," who have opted out of politics. Their solution? Civic engagement. Here, the authors discuss easy ways to get into political participation, why it's important, whether they think Donald Trump's recent conviction will spark more engagement or encourage voter apathy, whether we should be hopeless about...