“It must suck to be young”

年轻真是件让人头疼的事。

Today, Explained

2026-08-05

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Young people used to vote reliably blue. But they're burnt out on politics as usual, which means their votes are up for grabs. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Noel King. Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Michigan Abdul El-Sayed at a youth coffee event in Ann Arbor. Photo by Peter Balonon-Rosen/Vox. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Populist Democrats have displaced centrist Dems in New York and Colorado in primaries this summer.

  • They are young and angry and taking aim at a system they say is rigged.

  • And in Michigan today, here we go again.

  • The centrist Democrat Haley Stevens is under fire for this.

  • Israel comes to me in my dreams.

  • And for the more than 30 million dollars AIPAC has spent boosting her campaign.

  • Her opponent, Abdel al-Sayed, is a critic of Israel and a critic of his own party.

  • Like what's worse, the people who actually come and tell you that they just want to take nice things

  • away from you or the people who tell you.

  • That they want to give nice things to you only to be paid for by the people

  • who want to take nice things away from you.

  • I feel like you're saying what's worse, the Democratic Party or the Republican Party.

  • Is that what you're saying?

  • Listen, hypocrisy generally is worse than just straight mendacity.

  • His message is resonating deeply with young people.

  • Today on Today Explained from Vox,

  • we go to Michigan to talk to young people about why the left's emerging populism is hitting.

  • Support for this show today comes from Anthropic, the team behind Claude.

  • Claude is the AI for minds that don't stop at good enough.

  • It's the collaborator that actually understands your entire workflow and thinks with you.