unifying the party under a pro-peace agenda.
>> Free, free, free. >> One of the groups that has
been most energized since Joe Biden dropped out of the race
includes younger Democrats "Her& Now", senior political reporter
Zac Schultz met with the future of the Democratic Party to talk
about how the race has changed and how they're looking to
change the party. >> If you've watched the nightly
programing at the Democratic National Convention, you've seen
some of Wisconsin's youngest delegates enjoying their brief
moment in the spotlight, reacting to the speeches.
>> It's been awesome. And all the Wisconsin delegates have
been pumped up. >> So Ana Wilson is entering her
sophomore year of college, and she's making the most of her
introduction to national politics as a Wisconsin
delegate. opportunity for me. So I thought
that was, you know, very exciting. And I'm excited to
obviously represent Wisconsin. >> Ana spent her freshman year
with the College Democrats, learning how to organize voters.
>> A lot of college students that I've talked to have been
like, oh, my vote doesn't matter. And I'm like, it does.
It really does. We're outside canvasing, calling, knocking on
plenty of doors. >> Landiran Kern just graduated
high school and started doing field work last year in fond du
Lac. He wants to use his seat at the table to make sure Democrats
don't take the youth vote for granted.
>> I feel that so often when it comes to the youth voice and
seeing someone young, we're not taken as seriously as we
probably should be. >> Roman Fritz would agree with
Kern on that. >> I want to see more young
people in the Democratic Party. Pretty much everyone here is,
you know, 30 plus. >> They've all felt the surge in
enthusiasm that came with Kamala Harris replacing Joe Biden at
the top of the ticket. >> I have so much respect for
Joe Biden, and I think it was a very selfless act that, you
know, he did, and I thought it was you know, a good decision
when it comes to the youth voters and turnout, I believe it
has risen heavily. >> Ultimately, I think people
would have still came out and voted with President Biden. But
people are excited about Harris Walls ticket.
than Biden, but still refused to vote for her nomination.
>> I'm planning on, you know, supporting her in the fall, but
at the same time, I'm not going to be remarkably enthusiastic
about it. >> He's a college student and
one of the few Wisconsin delegates to attend the protests
and call for a military embargo with Israel.
>> In the DNC, it's celebratory, but outside with the protests,
they're concerned about Kamala Harris's policy in Gaza.
>> Fritz thinks more Young Democrats are concerned about
the plight of Palestinians, but are afraid to speak up. He's
received national attention this week for his views. Kern says
most young people he knows care more about issues like the
potential TikTok ban. >> You have to meet them exactly
where they are and it doesn't matter the policy, they're not
going to care about what country we're going to war with or who
we're helping or who we're allied with. And I hate to say
that, but it's true. >> Ana Wilson says the questions
about Israel and Palestine are difficult.
>> Honestly, I tend to stay away from that just because I'm not
as educated as other people are. >> No matter the policy
differences in Chicago, in a few weeks they'll each be in college
and drawing on this experience as they campaign in the fall and
encourage young voters to support Democrats in November.
>> I will definitely be drawing back and remembering this. You
know, the opportunity to each morning sit down and talk with
members of my own party and people of my own delegation.
>> I think that young people and young progressive people
especially should get involved in politics, because when they
get involved in the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party will
become full of young, progressive people.
motivated before to, you know, obviously get out there and
canvass and things like that. But I think after this I will be