The Importance of Voting in the US

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I'm actually pretty optimistic. I think that a Biden-Trump rematch favors us significantly, which is why the Republicans are doing everything they can to prevent people from voting. So we've had a remarkable upswing in young voters coming out because of abortion,. Coming out because of guns, coming outBecause of fears that maybe personal to them based on race or being, you know, gay or a woman, whatever it might be. It should be added, perhaps, that DeSantis different, though he may be, is very much engaged in the culture wars in pretty disturbing ways. If I were a betting person, I would bet on our ads more than theirs.

In this fourth episode of Martin Wolf’s series, the FT’s chief economics commentator discusses the rise of populist politics with someone who was hit by its hard edge: Hillary Clinton. Drawing on arguments in Martin’s latest book, The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism, they discuss what the future holds for democracy, why female leaders face such extreme misogyny and threats of violence, whether President Biden can win re-election next year, and why Clinton is pinning her hopes on a younger generation of voters.

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