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‘People Are Exhausted by Politics’: Faculty Assess the 2024 Election at Briefing for International Journalists
It’s just early March, and voters may already be sick of the election.
The inevitable November showdown between President Joe Biden and his presumptive opponent, former President Donald Trump, is so constant, ill-mannered and ubiquitous in news and social media it may tire out voters far before they cast a single vote, several Duke political experts said Monday.
And that fatigue may tamp down voter turnout.
“We have reached an extent of polarization in this country, combined