Young voters in GA. will have a huge stake in the election. What do they want?

Consider This host Mary Louise Kelly wanted to find out what young voters in Georgia are most concerned with ahead of the presidential election this year.

Naturally, she found herself at the heart of discourse and democracy: a Mexican restaurant in Atlanta, hosting an event for the Atlanta young Republicans.

There, the group had gathered to eat chips and work towards getting 1000 postcards written and addressed, urging voters to support two down ballot GOP candidates.

At the top of the ticket, group members are divided on Donald Trump. The group president, 39 year old Winslow Jones, says some love him, while others have issues.

"I think what we're all united on is, this is a much bigger picture here that we need to look at. I can tell you, young Republicans are worried about the economy and the border and crime and safety, local crime and safety, especially around here," Jones told NPR.

Across the table, was the president of the statewide group, Georgia young Republicans.

25 year old Jacquelyn Harn has a different reply for whether she and her peers are feeling excited about this third Trump run for the presidency.

"We're excited for a change, and we realize we want the life that we had four years ago whenever President Trump was president and his policies, his conservative policies, we need those back and we want those not to be able to achieve our version of the American dream again."

Housing costs, Harn says, are a huge priority to her and other young voters, who don't feel like things would improve under Harris.

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