How To Get Gen Z To Care About This Election Ft. Brian Derrick

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt

News, Politics, Government

4.8 • 784 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Brian Derrick, founder of oath.vote, joins Steve for a great conversation. The two talk about the 2024 election, how each view the state of the nation, and ways to get the younger generation to care. 00:00: How Brian found his political spark 05:35: Brian's reaction to Trump in 2016 07:52: Reaction to politics as a millennial 21:40: Do young voters understand what's going on? 30:34: How do you relate to the 30 and under crowd? 32:00: Brian's Presidential picks 33:58: Impact of Biden losing the election 36:45: Is Brian open to an Independent candidacy? 41:29: Do young voters care about the debt in our country? 42:59: The biggest threat facing the nation 44:48: What is Oath.vote? https://app.oath.vote/ is a platform that analyzes elections (from President to school board) to find which candidates need your support the most. ** Subscribe for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/

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0:00.0	I didn't see it coming at all.
0:02.1	Like I did.
0:02.9	I thought that Trump was a joke.
0:04.4	When he came down that escalator, I thought the whole thing was a farce.
0:09.1	Welcome to Brian Derek, joining us on this episode of the Warning podcast.
0:15.6	We're going to have a discussion about Gen Z, about the millennials, and about the future of American politics, from the perspective
0:25.1	of somebody who's 30 years old, highly engaged, and is an entrepreneur in the political
0:34.2	space trying to help you find the candidates that matter most to you, to the moment,
0:42.6	who can win and affect change. Welcome. Thank you so much for having me on. I'm excited to be here.
0:50.1	And just to put a pin in this for the listeners, you're a little guy at this juncture, right?
0:57.1	You're 10 years old in 2003, coming of age, consciousness.
1:04.4	This is the defining event.
1:06.3	So where do you get the political spark from?
1:11.2	Where are you?
1:13.0	Like what's going on?
1:14.9	What grade are you in?
1:16.5	Is it a teacher?
1:17.5	Is it a book?
1:18.4	Is it an event?
1:19.9	What kind of pulls you into?
1:22.0	My interest is in how the society is organized, how it runs itself, how power is distributed within it.
1:33.1	When does that kind of, hmm, I like this spark in you?
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