Why Should I Vote If It Doesn’t Count? | NLP Replay
Native Land Pod
iHeartPodcasts and Reasoned Choice
4.8 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2026
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Audience member Richard asks how young people can get involved in the fight for a voice in our democracy, especially when our rights are threatened on all sides. And guest co-host Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. offers advice on how to leverage the power that young people – or anyone – picks up as they gain experience and influence.
This is a segment of the Native Land Pod Live Town Hall, which was held in Jackson, Mississippi on 05-20-26.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.5 | Native Lamb Pod is a production of IHeart Radio and partnership with Reason Choice Media. |
| 0:09.2 | Nobody knows. |
| 0:12.5 | You have an audience question right over here with Tyler. |
| 0:15.4 | Tiley, wave your hand so they know you are the one with the mic. |
| 0:17.9 | Thank you. |
| 0:19.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:22.0 | My name is Richard Coleman, |
| 0:23.9 | and I'm probably one of the oldest members of the NACP. |
| 0:30.6 | Also, I was an elected official in Maria, Mississippi. |
| 0:35.9 | But my question is, what are we doing to engage young folks to carry the cars? |
| 0:48.8 | We can talk it or we walking it. |
| 0:52.9 | Are we going to the school district and visiting school and talking to young people, the church and saying that their voice is a vote. And their vote do count. |
| 1:07.0 | I have so many young people say, why should I vote? |
| 1:12.6 | It don't go. It don't count. |
| 1:14.6 | I said, well, let me tell you this young person |
| 1:16.6 | and old folks. |
| 1:19.6 | If you don't vote, it count anyway. |
| 1:23.6 | It counts for the opposite side. |
| 1:28.3 | That's good. |
| 1:30.3 | So I think we should engage ourselves and get, |
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