The politics of young people is the politics of instability

Plus: gerrymandering, 2026, news diets, and more on affordability. Your weekly political data roundup for December 14, 2025

Dear readers,

This is my weekly roundup of new political data published over the last week. In this edition, I found several new polls of young people worth commenting on. And I was sent plenty of other data on gerrymandering, the 2026 U.S. Senate primaries, affordability, and news diets.

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