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"Well, I had a really crappy childhood, so, I guess, taking my experiences from my childhood, I see the world differently."
"When I used to live in Virginia, there was a lot of homeless people where I used to live, so seeing that kinda shaped my politics."
"Growing up in an Italian-Catholic family, with immigrant parents, immigrant grandparents, helped me to see the world through a blue-collar lens."
"I grew up in a house where there were so many pictures of John F. Kennedy that I thought he was a relative."
"They didn't even have a soccer team for girls in Milford growing up, and that was really kind of sad, because I loved playing it in gym."
"I grew up sort of in this bubble, which I think kind of insulated me from politics for a long time."
"My brother-in-law is from Peru and his family is having a difficult time staying in the country as of recently, so that sort of changed how I looked at things."
"I do disagree with some coworkers on some beliefs but I do still respect them."
"I think, like, being around some racist people in college, and wanting to speak up about it kinda shaped my politics, and made me realize there's a lot to be done."
"I did not care in anyway about politics before I started thinking about where the world is headed and what it's gonna look like when my kids get older."
"Currently I'm a civics teacher for high school--I teach American Politics, so I try to be unbiased in teaching our youth, and let them make their own decisions."
"Political willpower sometimes isn't enough to trump some of those more urgent moments of inequality."
"I grew up in the 90's during a lot of economic prosperity, so I think that gave me kind of an optimistic outlook."
"Being both socially liberal, as well as economically and fiscally liberal is not typical usual for an Indian American family."
"My parents were pretty strict-- it's totally different than when I was a kid."
"When I was five, my mom and my aunt took me to a John Kerry rally in 2004 when he was running for president."
"An experience that shaped my politics would be growing up in Britain with parents with socialist ideas."
"I think having one of my daughters being involved in Hillary's campaign was very empowering."