
Ep. 387 - Why Did Women Move Left?
From Fact Check This Podcast by Justin Campbell
February 5, 2026 · 56 min · Season 7 · Episode 3
About this episode
The episode explores why young women have shifted politically to the left compared to young men, using data and articles as references.
Looking at some charts and data from an interesting article on X (I kind of like the format of the X articles, very similar to Substack), and follow that up (since it's relatively short and I think they go well together) with one about "speaking your truth." Male students show more tolerance for political enemies than females show for their own allies vittorio on X: "Why Young Women Moved Left While Young Men Stayed Sane" / X stepfanie tyler on X: "The Problem with “Speaking Your Truth” " / X
People in this episode
Host: Justin Campbell
Topics covered
- political alignment
- gender differences
- tolerance
- youth politics
- speaking truth
Keywords
- women
- politics
- left
- tolerance
- speaking your truth
- youth
- data
- charts
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Why Young Women Moved Left While Young Men Stayed Sane, The Problem with “Speaking Your Truth”
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