Young Americans increasingly disenchanted with politics: poll


LOS ANGELES, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Young Americans are increasingly disenchanted with politics, a new poll has found.

According to the poll released Monday by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, there was a sharp increase in youth believing that "political involvement rarely has tangible results," rising from 22 percent in 2018 to 36 percent in 2022.

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