Meet A 17-year-old Rising Star Among Wisconsin Democrats (HBO)
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November 6, 2018
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7:03Now PlayingMADISON, Wisconsin — When Wisconsin helped to deliver President Donald Trump’s victory in 2016, many Wisconsinites were shell-shocked. From 2000 to 2012, Wisconsin had supported Democrats in every presidential election. But in 2016, many of the young and minority communities that came out for President Obama didn't show up to vote.
But a heavy defeat for Democrats in 2016 motivated a new generation to engage with politics. Among them is Lydia Hester. Before the 2016 election, she was a regular, quiet Madison high schooler, but Trump’s election changed everything. She bought bullhorns, organized multiple school walkouts and marches, interned for Democratic state treasurer candidate Sarah Godlewski, and traveled to the Capitol hundreds of times.
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