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One of the big challenges that you have in a functioning democracy is getting people involved in it.

In fact, one of the questions that I would put to you is my listeners and viewers is

what have you done or how have you done it or what successes or failures, frankly, have you had

in trying to get people involved in politics, interested in politics, participating in politics,

whether it's voting or whether it's joining a party or whether it's running for political office.

Online what is right now is Sam Lawrence. He's a 19-year-old college student and a Democrat,

and he's running for Ohio State Rep. Ohio State Representative in the 47th District of Ohio.

This is the real grassroots stuff at the bottom of the arguably. I mean, we can go all the way

down to school boards and things, but this is where so much is happening in the United States,

and it's getting almost no attention, and it is so cool that we've got young people who are

engaging themselves. Sam for Ohio.com is his website. Sam for Ohio is his Twitter handle.

Sam Lawrence, welcome to the program, Sam. Thank you so much for having me.

Tom, I really appreciate it. It is a pleasure and an honor. Tell us what caused you to

get into politics in the first place or get interested in politics in the first place,

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