The new Institute of Politics Youth Poll shows a shifting vision of the American Dream. Less than half (48%) of young adults say having kids is important. And just 57% say getting married is important. While 74% say it's important to own a home, only 54% are confident they'll be able to.

Young Americans are struggling and under pressure. Make sure you check out the most recent Harvard University Youth Poll finding. John Della Volpe Institute of Politics iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll/50t… 50th Edition of the Harvard Youth Poll, Spring 2025 youtu.be/fgoR__1ffWw?si… via YouTube

In a new series, the Institute of Politics invited voters of all political leanings from all over America to discuss how their priorities influenced their vote and whether the political divide can ever be bridged ken.sc/4mbzYZ6

Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard. hrvd.me/IntStudents25t

So excited to spend the summer at Pew Research Center as a survey methods intern! Please send DC food recs (and let me know if you’re around)

Gen Z 2.0 is entering a different workforce

Using gold-standard methods & voter files, Pew Research Center finds 18-29-year-olds were Harris +19 over Trump in their Validated Voters Survey released today. This is a MUCH more mild 2020-24 swing in youth vote (D+26 ➡️ D+19) than previously suggested. Deeper dive 🧵(1/?)

We stopped Big Tech's biggest power grab in years. 40 state AGs, 14 governors, 260 state lawmakers from all 50 states, 150+ orgs, and Congressional members from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 all said no to the state AI moratorium. Polling showed Americans opposed it 3-to-1. Victory! 🇺🇸

Just read an interesting new report: Cheri Bustos interviewed 22 political unicorns (Dems who won competitive, working-class districts) and wrote about what she learned. It’s a must read for anyone planning to work on a 2026 campaign. medium.com/@demswhowin/de…

Familiarity with AI is one of the biggest (and growing) generational divides.

Today I learned that the subway station right next to the US Capitol Building in DC is full of MIT ads

DC internship has just been a daily try-to-get-home-before-the-evening-monsoon-blows-me-away challenge (impossible)

Embassy of hungry

The concept of a printed New York Times labubu quiz

ChatGPT spike coinciding with final exam/paper season at schools…

Sure let’s blame Gen Z for declining casino profits…

A big problem Dems are not discussing is that many of these advocacy polls also use lousy online, opt-in samples full of bots and bogus respondents…

NYT gift link: apparently we can now read people’s minds 😀 Not sure whether to be excited for these patients with ALS or worried about this Pandora’s box of ungodly horrors. nytimes.com/2025/08/14/sci…