hypothesizing some of the whys. i assume you d like to know the whys. of course. there are a couple of indications of what s happening. it s always been a challenge being an adolescent or young person with work and with school and social things as well. but we have noticed an increase in those people indicating political news, political pressure, concerns about democracy. their own personal safety. chuck, as you reported, there are more school shootings in this year than any other year in memory, i believe. and when i ask young people what connects us as young americans, what do we need to know as researchers, they say fear. fear of their health, all of this. it s something you can t hide from when you re talking to young people today. and they don t seem to have a lot of confidence in any leaders. i look add the numbers here. nobody is over a majority in approval. joe biden is down to 46%. democrats as a party at 43%.
numbers of laws have been introduced or x numbers of states have acted. well, what do you mean, x number have been introduced? who introduced them? they were introduced by republicans. democrats are voting against those bills. and so, every time we kind of use the passive voice and sort of gloss over who is doing what, we miss an important part of the story. i want to play something that michigan secretary of state jocelyn benson said on this program earlier this week, because it s the why. i mean, there are a lot of whys. a lot of it is donald trump, but they re all now hostages of their disinformed and frothy base. let me show you what she said. the energy is on the side of those who believe falsely that the election was, quote, unquote, stolen. we re seeing a lot more intensity, a lot more frustration or anger and engagement, frankly, among those