Meet the 19-Year-Old Trying to Save Young Voters From the Far Right
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Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the Find Out Podcast. You just missed everybody making fun of my age, which is why you hear people cackling in the background, because we actually got a lot younger on this episode. You've got the full crew, by the way. I've been told I should say that every time for people listening. It's Tim, Luke, Rich, and Zach. We are also joined by someone who's actually younger than all of us and is building what he is referring to, and I would refer to it as well, as the turning points of the left. We have William He from Dream for America with us. William, how are you doing? I'm doing great. Thanks for having me. All right, William. So you are joining us from Oxford in a room with no air conditioning with 90 degrees.
So we will keep this short for you. By the way, guys, the people in the UK don't believe in air conditioning. So that's why that's happening. Tell us about your organization and why you started it.
Yeah. Well, it's great to be with you all. My name is William He. I am, yes, 19 years. I'm turning 20 soon, but I am 19 years old. Thank you so much. I'll see you when I'm 21. But I am 19 years old. There's a lot of great pubs here in England. Not that I've partaken. Allegedly. But anyways, I'm 19 years old, founder and CEO at Dream for America. And it's an organization I started when I was just 16 years old. So I've been at this for about three years now. We just the organization just turned three. So we are now toddler aged. And I started this organization because I saw what the right had been doing for decades, building their huge media and organizing infrastructure, especially young people. And I also felt like as a son of Chinese immigrants, I grew up understanding America through both its promise and its imperfections, and my own family story taught me about democracy and freedom and opportunity.
That can't be taken for granted, and it has to be protected and extended to each new generation. As I got more and more involved in politics as I grew up, I saw my generation growing up amid deep division and distrust and rising extremism. I think a lot of young people care deeply and intensely about our country and our future, but a lot of young people also don't feel represented by existing political institutions or believe they have a political home. People feel disconnected from one another and overwhelmed by constant outrage. That's why I started Dream for America, right? To give people a place to not only fight back against what the right is doing, but also lead about... with the vision and values of what especially in light of america 250 where we're going to take our country not just in the next four years but perhaps a project 2050 uh and i first started this thing with no money and no connections and no idea what the hell i was doing i still you know barely do but um and i was always but i was always interested in politics and you know we've seen some great success over the last three years right uh and it's just proof that um
You could start with nothing, and you can truly build something. We just hit one billion views on social media. We're getting chapters set up all across the country now. We've got, as of today, 70 active high school and college chapters with 700 more schools signed up to start them. And we've been doing conferences and events all around the country over the past year. We did a virtual conference last year where Tim Fullerton was one of our proud guests alongside – James Tallarico before he was cool and messages from Vice President Harris and Mark Kelly. I was more important. And yes, Tim was more important, but the whole gang was there. And then this summer we'll be in Austin, which hopefully we'll have Tim there and the whole gang there, too.
Who is William He and why did he start Dream For America at 16?
But it'll be it'll be exciting.
Well, and I want to make it clear to people that a group like yours on the left did not exist. And I think because a lot of people think that young people vote for Democrats and that we obviously saw in 24 that that was not the case. We lost a number of them.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:07–3:43
2
Who is William He and why did he start Dream For America at 16?
3:43–12:32
3
How many chapters, views, and programs has Dream For America built in three years?
12:32–21:38
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Why do young voters feel politically homeless and what does Gen Z actually respond to?
21:38–39:29
5
Can a single charismatic leader (like Obama) restore hope for young voters?
39:29–57:59
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What concrete issues (affordability, corruption, AI) are driving youth political anger?
57:59–59:08