After the 2016 election, an enormous number of people, especially women, dove into political activism, many for the first time. Before the election, as you can see below, Democratic girls had the same view of American democracy as everyone else. But after the 2016 election, Democratic girls who came to doubt American democracy responded quite differently. The biggest spike came among those Democratic girls who became disillusioned. Source: Family Matters Study (David Campbell/Christina Wolbrecht/David Campbell/Christina Wolbrecht)Source: Family Matters StudySo why might Democratic girls in particular become interested in protesting after the 2016 election?

Source: Washington Post March 01, 2019 12:00 UTC