Full Faith And Credit—The Weekly

Politicology · Sep 18, 2026 · 55m

Mike Madrid (author of The Latino Century) joins host Ron Steslow trace how eroding trust, the kind that backs the electoral map and the dollar, is reshaping American politics and everyday affordability.

They start with the redistricting wars and how they eroded trust in institutions and how both parties traded credibility by using zero-sum tactics.

Next, they turn to dealignment, the generation of Americans untethering from both parties, and how younger voters’ belief that the American dream was stolen shows their lack of trust in the stewards, not the republic.

Then they examine…