in a way that maybe, for us, it has always been, but for millions of americans maybe it had not maybe wasn t quite as personal. you know, i think the other reality is as we ve seen the rise of white supremacy, the rise, again, of white supremacy, and of nationalism, white nationalism, and of extremism, it has become increasingly personal for those of us who are proud americans, who are not white and want to continue to be full citizens in this country. those of us who want to see this democracy move forward and expand into a true multiracial democracy for everybody. it has been devastating to see the losses, you know, culturally, at the ballot box, it s a very difficult time.
peoples ballots. i just think this is going to be a very expensive effort and going to be an extremely honerous one, but this is about community organizing, about getting out the vote, this is about church groups, you know, and civil rights groups understand that. so, yes, the courts are important. but the courts are not going to save us, they re not going to protect our right to vote alone. so i think that would be a real mistake. democrats need to focus on those down ballot races. if it sounds exhausting, if it sounds like a fight you thought was behind you, and if it depresses you, you re going to want to stick around. when we come back, we ll talk about why so many americans are struggling mentally with the burdens of politics in the era of trump. we ll talk about what we can do about it together, next. togeth,
it as patent voter intimidation, but that does not stop them. and then, how best to deal with the mental health toll so many americans tell us they are suffering from in the age of trump era politics. and later, it would be funny if it weren t true, health official in florida s largest county is put on leave after encouraging his staff, wait for it, to get vaccinated to get covid. that really happened. deadline: white house continues after a quick break, stay with us. a quick break, a quick break, stay with us with diabetes. glucerna live every moment
upon your body and your personhood and the kind of trauma that comes with that is different, i think, than if you just get sick on your own which is also very devastating and difficult. but, so, you know, that collective experience has been certainly here in new york, i can speak for us. it s been a collective trauma that it s going to take us years to work through. the idea that we have millions of americans who come to this virus alone, you know, through such a political lens, so you have some people walking around angry, for example, that their stores might be impacted, their livelihood by closures because of covid while you have other americans walking around seeing others refusing to get vaccinated or wearing a mask as personal slights against them. so politics has become personal
history of this country, can make everyday feel like, some days, like a 10 mile slog through knee-deep mud, it s no secret, anxiety, stress, addiction, depression, all of it on the rise university poll released this month showed nine in 10 registered voters believe there is a mental health crisis happening right now in this country. one of the primary drivers of this psychological epidemic is our politics. don t need a study to tell us that but we have one anyway, chair of the political science department at university nebraska lincoln sought to font quantify the effect of politics on americans through the trump years and beyond, after compiling the data here s the estimate, 94 million americans perceived politics as a primary source of stress, 44 million lost sleep because of it, 30 million noted politics harmed