The Times podcast: How mass shootings affect young voters
(Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times)
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This year’s midterm elections were expected to be a referendum on the economy, but as gun violence is on the minds of Americans, yet again, millennials and zillennials, who’ve grown up in an era of massacres, might prove a constituency that no politician can ignore. If they show up to the ballot box, that is.
Today, we talk about how gun violence affects the politics of young voters.
Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times fellow Anumita Kaur
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About The Times
“The Times” is made by columnist Gustavo Arellano, senior producers Denise Guerra, Shannon Lin and Kasia Broussalian and producers David Toledo, Ashlea Brown and Angel Carreras. Our engineers are Mario Diaz and Mark Nieto. Our editor is Kinsee Morlan. Our executive producers are Jazmín Aguilera and Shani O. Hilton. Our theme song was composed by Andrew Eapen.
