It's TED Talks Daily. I'm Elise Hu. Here's Maria Theresa Kumar, civic leader and the president and CEO of the nonprofit Voto Latino in conversation with TEDx learning specialist, Bianca de Jesus.

Much has been made of the 2020 U.S. election.

Right now, just over a week later, pollsters are issuing Mianculpahs, Democrats are tentatively celebrating, Republicans are blowing their collective tops, lawyers are busier than ever, ballot counters are still hard at it, and demographers are desperately trying to understand

who voted for whom, where, and why. Much has been said of the Latino vote in this election,

which is something I know a little bit about how you've been working obsessively over it for the last

16 years. Latinos are the fastest growing demographic with the largest voter registration cap in

America. A Latino youth turned 18 every 30 seconds. While the mode for whites in America is 58,

the mode for Latinx is 11 years old. You heard that right. And it's these new voters and the youth who are translating America

for their immigrant families who are leading the charge for audacious change. An estimated 73%

of Latinx youth voted for Biden. As members of the largest generation globally, these Latino youth

mirror their peers seeking intervention for climate equity, racial justice,

and gender parity.

What we're hearing right now in America and around the globe is a demand for a massive reset

on how we will govern in the 21st century for a world that is livable, equitable, and just.

Too many young people are drowning in student debt here in America. Their families have

been ravaged by the pandemic who have lost jobs, lives, and housing. And still, in 2020, they showed

up for an America to believe in. Many say that 1914, the eve of World War I, defined the 20th century in America.

That met FDR's New Deal that doubled down on its citizens by nation building,

offering pathways to the middle class through public works, education, and sponsoring artists

and musicians, building roads to provide jobs and sponsoring science-driven blueprints that

allowed a man almost 40 years later

to look up at the moon and say that he wanted to go there. And we did that with less technology

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