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Michigan State students’ despair over future fuels political anxiety, AP reports
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College students at Michigan State University describe bleak prospects and anxiety about the country’s political system, according to an Associated Press report carried by ABC News and PBS NewsHour. One student has not landed an internship in three years, another says images of violence shape her view of the world, and a third plans to leave for the Netherlands after Trump administration cuts hit his field of environmental work. The report says that anxiety is feeding restlessness with national politics and support for antiestablishment candidates.
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At Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, students described anxiety about their own futures and about the country’s political system, according to an Associated Press report carried by ABC News and PBS NewsHour. Frankie Llerandi, 21, has been unable to land a single internship in his three years at the university, the report says. He is set to graduate in the spring with an economics degree and an interest in data analytics, and most of his cousins have not been able to buy a house or start a family deep into their 30s. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
Kira Saiti, a 19-year-old sophomore, said she is more upset about the broader world than her own future. Every time she looks at her phone, the report says, she sees images of violence and horror, both in the Middle East and closer to home. “It’s kind of hard to look at that and say, ‘This world is a great place,’” she said. [ 2 , 3 ]
Julian Bautista, 20, saw his chosen profession of environmental work decimated by Trump administration cuts, according to the report, and decided he will leave the United States to find work in the Netherlands when he graduates, considering what remains his home country for the next 18 months a failure of democracy led by what he sees as corrupt politicians. “Throughout my life, we’ve either stagnated or declined, we haven’t improved,” Bautista said. [ 2 , 3 ]
The report says that for many of their classmates on campus and elsewhere in the country the present looks bleak and the future uncertain at best, and that their anxiety is fueling restlessness with a national political system they worry is no longer capable of improving their lives or no longer interested in helping. Two years ago, it notes, grim economic vibes helped Donald Trump win a far larger share of young voters than is typical for a Republican — 47%, according to AP VoteCast, described as an extensive survey of the electorate. [ 2 , 3 ]
Now, the report says, anxiety about artificial intelligence and the Iran war has been added to the mix, powering a wave of disruptive candidates on the opposite end of the political spectrum who have been embraced by college students. Llerandi, Saiti and Bautista all support a slate of progressive, antiestablishment candidates, according to the account, which ends before naming that slate. The PBS NewsHour version is credited to AP, and the ABC News text closely matches it. [ 2 , 3 ]
Por qué importa
The report links students’ economic and global worries to a willingness to back disruptive, antiestablishment candidates, suggesting the young-voter mood that shaped the last election has shifted rather than settled. Two years ago, the documents note, 47% of young voters backed Donald Trump, per AP VoteCast, so the described restlessness points to a possible change in a voting bloc both parties court.
Datos clave
- Frankie Llerandi, 21, has not landed a single internship in three years at Michigan State University and will graduate in the spring with an economics degree. [ 2 , 3 ]
- Kira Saiti, 19, a sophomore, said images of violence and horror, in the Middle East and closer to home, make it hard to say the world is a great place. [ 2 , 3 ]
- Julian Bautista, 20, said Trump administration cuts decimated his chosen profession of environmental work, and he plans to leave the United States for work in the Netherlands after graduating. [ 2 , 3 ]
- The report says students’ anxiety is fueling restlessness with a national political system they worry cannot or will not improve their lives. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Two years ago Donald Trump won 47% of young voters, according to AP VoteCast, an extensive survey of the electorate. [ 2 , 3 ]
- Anxiety about artificial intelligence and the Iran war has been added to the mix, the report says, powering a wave of disruptive candidates at the opposite end of the political spectrum who have been embraced by college students. [ 2 , 3 ]
- Llerandi, Saiti and Bautista all support a slate of progressive, antiestablishment candidates, according to the report. [ 2 , 3 ]
Confirmado por varias fuentes
- College students in the United States are anxious about their futures and about the political system, a theme stated in the Associated Press headline and developed in the account carried by ABC News and PBS NewsHour. [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]
- Donald Trump won 47% of young voters two years ago, according to AP VoteCast. [ 2 , 3 ]
- AP VoteCast is described as an extensive survey of the electorate. [ 2 , 3 ]
- The students named in the report — Frankie Llerandi, Kira Saiti and Julian Bautista — all support a slate of progressive, antiestablishment candidates. [ 2 , 3 ]
Aún sin aclarar
- Which specific progressive, antiestablishment candidates or slate the students support, and where they are running. The ABC News and PBS NewsHour articles end mid-sentence at that point, and no other document names the candidates.
- What the documents mean by “the Iran war,” including when it began or what it involves. Both articles mention it in passing as a source of student anxiety without explaining it.
- Whether the three outlets produced independent reporting on the students. The PBS NewsHour article is credited to AP and the ABC News text matches it closely, so the accounts appear to come from a single wire report.
Qué dicen los medios locales
Cronología, hora local
- The Associated Press publishes its headline on college students’ despair and political anxiety. [ 1 ]
- ABC News publishes the AP account, dated East Lansing, Michigan, with interviews and details on the students. [ 2 ]
- PBS NewsHour publishes the AP account credited to AP, with the same interviews and details. [ 3 ]