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It’s Tuesday, the traditional day for elections and for our pause-and-consider newsletter on politics and policy. We think of it as a mini-magazine in your inbox.
WE WANT YOU ... TO TELL US HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT 2024
By Lisa Desjardins, @LisaDNews ([link removed])
Correspondent
I was visiting family in Waterbury, Connecticut, and needed to make some copies.
At the Staples in nearby Watertown, as my son colored nearby, Amy came over to say she watched the show. She asked, with a note of exasperation: Could we pay more attention not to the extremes but to voters who are deeply unhappy about the presidential race?
We exchanged information and I got something else as well — insight. She was one of several viewers who mentioned similar concerns to me in the last few months, and I’ve been thinking about it since.
So, we want to refocus part of the 2024 conversation. Expand it to those unhappy with the landscape ([link removed]) in general. People who do not like the choices in this political deja vu.
There are a few words that might describe people we mean. Disillusioned. Disappointed. Dissatisfied. Discontented.
But not disconnected.
Our hope is to find these kinds of voters and use NewsHour platforms to connect the stories and thoughts of people around the country who loathe this repeat of the 2020 ballot. This includes many types of voters, including those who are:
* Undecided over how to vote
* Decided, but uncomfortable with their likely vote
* Struggling with whether to vote
* Wishing both parties had chosen different candidates
We want to check in with these voters regularly for the next few months.
Is this you? Or anyone you know? If so, help us guide our coverage. Fill out or pass along our survey ([link removed]) . (It is fewer than 10 questions.)
We want to talk to people from all over, but could use help finding thoughtful (if discontented) people in swing states and in specific, smaller groups. But if you or anyone you know is in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin, we would especially be grateful to connect.
More on politics from our coverage:
* Watch: Who’s on Trump’s running mate shortlist and what his decision will tell us ([link removed]) .
* One Big Question: What does Trump want from a running mate? New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart discuss ([link removed]) .
* A Closer Look: Hunter Biden convicted of 3 felony charges ([link removed]) in federal gun trial.
* Perspectives: NPR’s Tamara Keith and WaPo's Leigh Ann Caldwell on how Biden and Trump are courting Latino voters ([link removed]) .
AGE IS ON THE BALLOT IN NORTH DAKOTA
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By Kyle Midura, @KyleMidura ([link removed])
Politics Producer
Should members of Congress have age limits?
When voters in North Dakota go to the polls Tuesday, they will weigh in on a potential age limit for the state’s members of Congress.
If Measure 1 ([link removed]) is approved, it will create an amendment to the state constitution that says members of Congress cannot be over 80 before the end of their term.
Jared Hendrix, a political consultant who led the effort, told the NewsHour’s Lisa Desjardins that “there is a lot of wisdom that comes with age. But of course, there's a limit to where we all face a decline of some kind at some point.”
“We wanted to try to find the right balance,” he added. “We thought 80 was the balance.”
There’s a broader concern about aging lawmakers. A recent Pew Research Center survey found that 79 percent of Americans, with little partisan divide, backed age limits for federal office ([link removed]) . Other polls have also consistently shown voters expressing concern about the mental fitness of Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the presumptive 2024 presidential nominees.
On average, memory and processing do slip with advancing age, but experts on aging say that can vary depending on the individual ([link removed]) .
Legal scholars, too, question whether a state age limit would be constitutional. Nearly three decades ago, the Supreme Court ruled ([link removed]) that states could not set stricter congressional qualifications than what’s in the U.S. Constitution.
Regardless, North Dakota lawmakers are preparing to defend its measure ([link removed]) if and when a legal challenge comes their way.
#POLITICSTRIVIA
By Joshua Barajas, @Josh_Barrage ([link removed])
Senior Editor, Digital
After just more than three hours of deliberations, a jury in Wilmington, Delaware, found Hunter Biden guilty ([link removed]) on all three felony counts related to a 2018 purchase of a handgun.
Prosecutors argued during the trial that President Joe Biden’s son had lied on a federal firearms form used to screen applicants ([link removed]) by saying he was not addicted to or illegally using drugs. Hunter Biden’s defense team argued there was no evidence he was using drugs at the time he purchased the gun.
Our question: Prosecutors in the gun case pushed back on this claim by playing the audio from a particular piece of media. What was it?
Send your answers to
[email protected] (mailto:
[email protected]) or tweet using #PoliticsTrivia. The first correct answers will earn a shout-out next week.
Last week, we asked: Which of the four sitting independents in the Senate hasn’t run for any public office with a party identification?
The answer: Sen. Angus King of Maine ([link removed]) . Another long-serving independent, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, entered the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections as a Democrat. He also ran campaigns for state and federal offices in Vermont under the Liberty Union Party's banner ([link removed]) in the 1970s.
Congratulations to our winners: Nicholas D. Mertes and Jim Brydon!
Thank you all for reading and watching. We’ll drop into your inbox next week.
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