Santiago Mayer of Voters of Tomorrow: WCPT 820 Interview

So l- let's, let's go back to, uh, that, the things that the Biden administration did, and of course we can look at what the Trump administration may have done in terms of presidencies.

Um, but let's maybe go down, for lack of better words, down ballot to what others in the political conversation are doing.

So we've got the House of Representatives.

You just talked about, I think you said three races that you're really leaning into-

Yep

... uh, with effort and with money, and then we have the Senate on the US l- level, federal level.

But then the...

There's also this component that I think we have to build back up, Santiago, and that's what's happening at a state level, what's happening with state legislatures, and what's happening with local elections.

Are...

What are you seeing there as it relates to how those politicians think about younger voters being involved? What...

Do, does that question make sense? We know that there's a-

It makes perfect sense.

Yeah.

Okay.

All right.

Then I'll, then I'll shut up there.

You go for it.

[laughs]

[laughs] Yeah, no.

Listen, I think that, uh, state level politicians, whether that is at the state legislature, uh, at the, at the governor's mansions, uh, in city councils across the country, they have the m- most direct ability to influence young people's lives directly, and honestly, they have been some of our best partners.

Just a few weeks ago in California, we were able to get a bill signed by the governor that was written by our local chapter, introduced by their state legislator, passed and debated by the legislature, and signed by the governor, and that bill penalizes, uh, federal agents who prevent emergency services from being rendered to people who have been injured.

It was inspired by the shooting of ICE of two American citizens, and ISIS intervention, uh, and refusal to allow EMTs who were present at the scene to actually render aid, and it's gonna save lives, and I think that's what we need more across the country.

We need state l- level electeds to actually engage with young voters a- and work with them as willing partners, not just as, you know, an annoying little kid who's like telling you, "I want to do this."

[laughs]

But like give them the seriousness that they deserve because at the end of the day, they are the leaders of the future, and if you're working with them as partners right now, you're gonna be able to not just accomplish significantly more, but to get an entirely different perspective because the world has changed so much in such, in s- just a few years.

So l- let's, let's go back to, uh, that, the things that the Biden administration did, and of course we can look at what the Trump administration may have done in terms of presidencies.

Um, but let's maybe go down, for lack of better words, down ballot to what others in the political conversation are doing.

So we've got the House of Representatives.

You just talked about, I think you said three races that you're really leaning into-

Yep

... uh, with effort and with money, and then we have the Senate on the US l- level, federal level.

But then the...

There's also this component that I think we have to build back up, Santiago, and that's what's happening at a state level, what's happening with state legislatures, and what's happening with local elections.

Are...

What are you seeing there as it relates to how those politicians think about younger voters being involved? What...

Do, does that question make sense? We know that there's a-

It makes perfect sense.

Yeah.

Okay.

All right.

Then I'll, then I'll shut up there.

You go for it.

[laughs]

[laughs] Yeah, no.

Listen, I think that, uh, state level politicians, whether that is at the state legislature, uh, at the, at the governor's mansions, uh, in city councils across the country, they have the m- most direct ability to influence young people's lives directly, and honestly, they have been some of our best partners.

Just a few weeks ago in California, we were able to get a bill signed by the governor that was written by our local chapter, introduced by their state legislator, passed and debated by the legislature, and signed by the governor, and that bill penalizes, uh, federal agents who prevent emergency services from being rendered to people who have been injured.

It was inspired by the shooting of ICE of two American citizens, and ISIS intervention, uh, and refusal to allow EMTs who were present at the scene to actually render aid, and it's gonna save lives, and I think that's what we need more across the country.

We need state l- level electeds to actually engage with young voters a- and work with them as willing partners, not just as, you know, an annoying little kid who's like telling you, "I want to do this."

[laughs]

But like give them the seriousness that they deserve because at the end of the day, they are the leaders of the future, and if you're working with them as partners right now, you're gonna be able to not just accomplish significantly more, but to get an entirely different perspective because the world has changed so much in such, in s- just a few years.