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Mark Pocan: “We saw them [young people] come out and vote in that April…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Wisconsin Town Hall on Immigration, Social Security, and Political Activism

Published | Video Starts at 05:41

I mean, you start taking away Pell Grants and you start, you know, doing a lot of the things that don't match their value system. We saw them [young people] come out and vote in that April election. I was talking to someone on campus and at 5 to 8, polls close at 8, they're like, there's still students getting in line to vote. I'm like, yes, that's what we needed. (05:41–05:45)

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Asserts that young people participated in significant numbers in an April election.

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