Gen Z In The Midterms: 25-Year-Old Congressional Candidate Maxwell Frost and HBCUs Voter Base

Our Body Politic

Diaspora Farms, LLC

News Commentary, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government, News

4.8 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week, we’re spotlighting a powerful voting bloc: Generation Z. First, Farai interviews Maxwell Alejandro Frost, Democratic nominee for Florida’s 10th Congressional District, about how his Afro-Cuban identity and work as an organizer and musician help shape his political platform and views. Then Farai is joined by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and host of MSNBC’s “Into America” Trymaine Lee who shares what he’s learned about the political interests of young Black voters attending historically Black colleges and universities in his new series, “The Power of the Black Vote.”

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi folks, we're so glad you're listening to Our Body Politics.
0:18.5	If you have time, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcast.
0:22.5	It helps other listeners find us and we read them for your feedback.
0:26.4	We'd also love you to join in financially supporting the show if you're able.
0:30.1	You can find out more at OurBodypolitic.com slash donate.
0:34.1	We're here for you, with you, and because of you.
0:38.3	Thank you. Thank you.
0:48.3	This is Our Body Politic. I'm Farai Chidea. This week, we're continuing our focus on the midterms.
0:55.2	The oldest members of Generation Z are roughly 25, and they've already been courted as a powerful voting group.
1:01.2	Now their generation is turning out candidates for Congress. Fun fact, while you can vote at 18,
1:08.4	you must be 25 to serve in the U.S. House. At exactly 25 years of age, Maxwell Alejandro Frost is the Democratic nominee for Florida's 10th Congressional District.
1:13.0	Hailing from Orlando, this Afro-Cuban organizer has worked on protecting abortion rights,
1:18.3	ending gun violence, and giving formerly incarcerated people access to the vote.
1:23.2	And if he's elected in November, he could make history as one of the first members of Gen Z to serve in Congress.
1:30.6	We spoke to Maxwell about what he envisions for the future of U.S. politics, plus how his personal experience helped crystallize that vision.
1:39.7	Hi, Maxwell.
1:41.2	Hey, how you doing? Thank you so much for having me.
1:43.6	I am grateful to be here with you. So you're
1:46.1	25 years old. You quit your job. You drive Uber to support yourself. And you're the Democratic
1:53.0	nominee for Florida's 10th congressional district. But walk us up to here. You know, what was
1:59.5	little Alejandro doing? Is this where you grew up? And how did
2:04.0	you decide to do this? Yeah, I got involved in politics 10 years ago. Central Florida is where I was
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Diaspora Farms, LLC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Diaspora Farms, LLC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.