May 2, 2025
“Political scientists have long studied the political consequences of personal crises, such as widowhood, unemployment, and home foreclosure. Typically, researchers examine one crisis at a time; however, growing up in a poor home, I knew that personal crises often co-occurred. So, I was curious whether the accumulation of personal crises impacted political engagement,” said study author Christopher Ojeda, an assistant professor at the University of California, Merced, and author of the forthcoming book The Sad Citizen: How Politics Is Depressing and Why It Matters.
