Sean Rameswaram

And I think it's driven or at least reinforced by social media, the algorithms they're on.

And that has led to an electorate that's pretty fed up.

I saw data that had 17 percent, 17 percent of American voters saying that they have faith in their government.

I mean, that's really low.

It's hard to sustain a democracy when the voters don't trust the government, don't trust any institution.

I mean, it feels like.

Republicans were scared about these midterms, and that's what put us in this position in the first place, to have this race to the bottom with redistricting.

Now voters are angry and or apathetic, which might mean lower turnout than usual in the midterms, which already historically have a bit of an issue with turnout.

Who does that favor?

Do we know?

If no one shows up, if people are fed up and cynical and just say, forget the midterms, I'm not interested, does that help the Republicans or the Democrats?

I think there's a great alienation from people who otherwise don't care about the system or don't have faith in the system.

I think that for people with education, curiosity means, you know, the Democratic base in 2026.

They're going to show up.

They're going to vote angry, right?

The question is, you know, the people who are apathetic, who are not engaged, who are not following this stuff day in, day out, can you ever get them back, right?

You know, is there some way that can bring folks back, that can inspire people to vote happy, to vote optimistic?

We haven't seen it yet.

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