How to cope with the absurd, high-stakes 2024 election
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America is entering a grueling presidential election season that’s also a rematch of the one from four years ago. Many Americans report feeling dread and exhaustion about politics and the news. So how do we stay engaged? What can journalists do to help? Three of our columnists talk through it.
Read Amanda Ripley’s deep dive crowdsourcing a playbook for election-year sanity: How to survive another Trump-Biden election
And we want to hear your strategies too! Let us know how you plan to make it through this election year. Are there things you are doing differently to manage stress, preserve relationships and feel like you are making a difference? Tell us here.
Read Perry Bacon’s latest on voters of color shifting right: More voters of color are backing the GOP. Should Democrats panic?
And check out Jim Geraghty writing about why we all need to stop pretending this election is normal: Welcome, Democrats, to the 'abnormal is the new normal' charade
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