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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Youth Talk: Are We Too Polarized to Govern? The Importance of Working Across Political Divides
Description: How can young voters navigate a divided political landscape? Should we be afraid of this upcoming election cycle? Is our democracy falling apart? How can we save it?The events of January 6, 2021, epitomized the destructive effects of extreme polarization in politics. As we move into our next election cycle, where the two leading presidential candidates are once again Joe Biden and Donald Trump, many young voters are facing—and fearing—existential questions about our democracy, in what experts say is the United States’s most divided political landscape ever.“Are We Too Polarized to Govern?” presents a...