Why Millennials Reject Political Careers

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Shana shames is a professor of political science at rutgers. She wondered why the young people around her seemed put off by the idea of for officeso she asked around 800 of them, and then wrote a book called out of the running. The age kind of increase is not, itself about age. I think it is a factor of several other bad trends that i dislike about american politics,. particularly in terms of how we finance campaigns.

Dianne Feinstein’s colleagues are concerned the 88-year-old senator is struggling with memory loss, reports Tal Kopan of the San Francisco Chronicle. It’s raising concerns about Feinstein’s ability to do her job and the aging of America's politicians.

This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Noel King.

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