ALSO TONIGHT, WHAT ISSUES ARE
YOUNG PEOPLE SAYING ARE
IMPORTANT TO THEM?
AHEAD OF THE
MIDTERM ELECTIONS?
WE SPANNED OUT ACROSS THE STATE
TO INTERVIEW STUDENTS INCLUDING
THOSE FROM TWO PBS NEWS HOUR
REPORTING LABS HIGH SCHOOLS.
HERE'S A SAMPLING OF WHAT THEY
TOLD US 3.
>> THE MAIN ISSUES THAT MATTER
TO ME ARE ABORTION RIGHTS, LGBTQ
RIGHTS, AND PROBABLY GUN
CONTROL.
>> I MEAN, I THINK THERE ARE A
LOT OF BIG ISSUES RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD SAY THE THREE THAT
MATTER TO ME THE MOST ARE THE
ECONOMY, FOREIGN POLICY, AND
PRIVACY.
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IS
DEFINITELY GLOBAL WARMING.
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER
WHAT -- IF WE CAN VOTE OR WHO WE
ARE IF THE PLANET IS DEAD.
>> THE BIG ISSUE THAT IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO ME IS WOMEN'S
RIGHTS AND ESPECIALLY OVER A
BODY, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME LIKE
THIS WHEN OUR BODIES ARE BEING
CONTROLLED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
>> THE ISSUES HAS TO DO WITH THE
COMMUNITY I'M A PART OF.
ISSUES THAT SURROUND IMMIGRANTS
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LGBTQ
ISSUES.
>> SOME ISSUES THAT ARE
IMPORTANT TO ME ARE CLIMATE
CHANGE, OUR CHANGING ENVIRONMENT
AND THE WORLD AROUND US.
I BELIEVE ABORTION SHOULD BE A
RIGHT AND BE PROTECTED FOR EVERY
WOMAN REGARDLESS OF THE
SITUATION.
>> I THINK A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO
CHOOSE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
GUN CONTROL.
TAXES.
MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
LEGALIZATION OR
DECRIMINALIZATION OF DRUGS.
BUT THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR ME
IS VOTING RIGHTS.
JUST IN GENERAL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> THANKS TO THE PBS WISCONSIN
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR HELPING
GATHER THOSE YOUTH VOICES.