I was always into politics since middle school - I did literally all the nerdy extracurriculars, student govt, etc. It took until college for me to transition from a libertarian (my primary views in HS were anti-war, pro-legalization, and pro-same-sex marriage so libertarians made some sense to my young brain at the time) to soc-dem. Then it took the whole Obama admin for me to realize we needed a major overhaul. By the time Trump won I was full blown ML. What was your journey?
I see the past decade as a good starting point because Americans tend to have major political shifts as a result of presidential elections. We've had 3 in the last ten years so that seemed like a decent starting point. Also decades become smaller the older you get :agony-soviet: