Too Young to Vote, But Not to Have an Opinion

A quote by Dr. King in the hallway of the Bronx school

If this Harvard survey is to be believed, young adults (18 to 29) are "significantly more likely" to vote in the midterms this year than in previous midterms, but we wondered: What does the political landscape look like to an even younger age bracket? 

So we stepped into an 8th grade classroom in the Bronx and asked a group of students to hold forth. Most of them spoke of personal issues around access and opportunity. They supported the idea of lowering the voting age from 18 to around 15 or 16. And there was overall disenchantment with the current president, particularly around immigration.

On race: "I read about how kids my age, that are darker-skinned, are more unlikely to get a job than someone that's Spanish or light-skinned."

On making a difference: "I actually do believe you can start campaigns, you can support campaigns that are out there. There's protests, there's campaigns, there's so many things."