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Peter Rothberg retweeted
It's frustrating when people treat young voters as a monolith. What works in one state is dif in another.
Here are the 2026 Senate candidates who performed best with Gen Z.
Peggy Flanagan
Scott Colom
Mark Warner
Ed Markey
Jon Ossoff
Corey Booker
John Hickenlooper
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Peter Rothberg retweeted
so agree!! when I interviewed Gina for @thenation back in september, she said flipping texas would be a “seismic change” for american politics and we're starting to see the aftershocks now
“Gina Hinojosa’s election is the most consequential result of this midterm, and the clearest signal yet of where American politics is headed,” writes @StevePtweets. thenation.com/article/politi…
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Peter Rothberg retweeted
Wrote a dispatch from Houston’s stormy Election Day for @thenation. Read it alongside some amazing postcards from young journalists across the country on how young people experienced a pretty extraordinary Tuesday night!
StudentNation contributors from coast to coast describe what it felt like to witness the blue wave from their college campuses: thenation.com/article/politi…
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New from StudentNation: Gen Z Post Cards From a Stunning Election Night thenation.com/article/politi…
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New from StudentNation: I Am a UMich Student From Texas. Choosing Where to Vote Was Impossible. thenation.com/article/politi…
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New from StudentNation: CUNY Students Won on Investment Disclosure. Now They’re Demanding Divestment. thenation.com/article/societ…
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“If you are looking for a Moses to lead you out of this capitalist wilderness, you will stay right where you are,” but if you use “your heads” you’ll “get yourself out of your present condition.” nytimes.com/2026/10/27/books…
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Peter Rothberg retweeted
“Our democracy has been eroded by austerity. We face a withered welfare regime, a decayed public sector, and weakened public institutions.
Such are the political realities our campaign was elected to change. Lowering the cost of living is the fundamental first step in that task.”
@NYCMayor’s Chief of Staff Elle Bisgaard-Church on the Mamdani Administration’s approach to affordability.
nycpolicyforum.substack.com/…
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New from StudentNation: Massachusetts May Be the First State to Repeal Recreational Weed thenation.com/article/politi…
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Peter Rothberg retweeted
In my first for the Kentucky Lantern, I reported on elected officials’ roles in reshaping my hometown's public library board, including efforts to ensure the board is aligned with conservative, Christian religious ideology amid ongoing book challenges. kentuckylantern.com/2026/10/…
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New from StudentNation: Inside the Fight to Protect the Youth Vote thenation.com/article/politi…
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New form StudentNation: Michigan Students Are All In for Abdul El-Sayed thenation.com/article/politi…
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New from StudentNation: Inside Cornell’s Week of Protest thenation.com/article/activi…
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New from StudentNation: The Conservative Organization Building a New Young Elite thenation.com/article/societ…
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