Early voting begins Saturday, Oct. 26 at select polling sites across New York and New Jersey.

The general election is still 10 days away, but for months now, WNYC's Community Partnerships Desk has been engaging local voters to really try to understand what issues are driving them to the polls. Those conversations have been happening in a very unlikely location -- laundromats.

Editor George Bodarky joins All Things Considered from Bubbles Are Us in Paterson, New Jersey.