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It's May, and that means that election day is less than six months away.

If just hearing that fact raises your blood pressure and sends

your stress level through the roof, you are not alone. Back in 2022, APA's stress in America poll

found that 57% of people surveyed said that the 2024 presidential election was already a significant source of stress for them. The same surveyed, said that the 2024 presidential election was already a significant source of stress

for them. The same survey found that 76% of Americans believed that the future of our nation

is a significant source of stress, and 66% were stressed by the current political climate.

In fact, some recent research has found that just thinking about politics makes people anxious,

stressed, and unhappy.

So how does political stress affect people's mental and physical well-being?

Is it possible to stay politically engaged in and follow the news while still maintaining your mental

health? And if so, how? And what does this level of political stress mean for people's lives

and for our country and for democracy as an institution? Welcome to Speaking of Psychology,

the flagship podcast of the American Psychological Association

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