When you walk in to the Democratic Party field office at 600 Williamson Street, you’re greeted with an imposing Clinton campaign logo composed of blue and red duct tape. Among the heaps of canvasing clipboards spilling out of crates and the unkempt piles of lawn signs toting the names of Mark Pocan, Scott McDonell, Russ Feingold, and, of course, Hillary Clinton, you’ll find a group of enthusiastic volunteers. The volunteers cross off names from their call lists and exchange bright-eyed banter. And as people walk through the transparent glass door, whether they’re regulars or strangers, they’re greeted equally warmly.

Many of the volunteers are young, just out of high school, and are very optimistic about the future of their campaign. None of the field officers are authorized to speak with the visiting media on this day, and despite efforts to pester them with questions, they do not divulge anything on record. Nonetheless, the atmosphere is markedly light. An intern, however is granted permission to speak to the media.

Jane Hobson has worked at the field office since late August and comes in after school to do phone-banking. She is a junior at East High School (many of the volunteers are in high school or have just graduated), which draws from the left-leaning near east side of Madison where Hobson lives. When I asked about college, she cites a childhood dream of being a theater major but she thinks it might be too impractical. Then the conversation turns to the upcoming presidential election and her involvement in the campaign.

Hobson got involved after she and her friends were drawn to a booth at the Pride Parade festival in Madison. After spotting a life-size cut out of Hillary Clinton and walking over, the people working the booth recruited her and her friends as volunteers.

But Hobson decided to get involved for weightier reasons than a Clinton cut-out. She says of the election, “It’s going to affect us a lot as young people …The stakes are very high.” Many of the things Clinton is running on align with a younger person’s point of view and this election may be the first that is dominated by younger voters.

According to an article published by the Pew Research Center in August, “An estimated 126 million Millennial and Gen X adults were eligible to vote” at the time the article was published. That number is set against a mere “98 million [Baby] Boomers and other adults from prior generations.” Which means that if young, eligible voters turn out in mass at the voting booths on Nov. 8, they’ll control the majority of the votes this year for the first time ever.

Additionally, Pew published an article in September, citing Clinton’s support among college graduates and the implications suggested by that trend. “If support for Clinton holds steady among white college graduates, 2016 will mark the first time in at least a quarter century that this group has supported a Democratic candidate for president.”

Clinton’s policies on immigration and climate change are just two issues that Hobson mentioned. As a person with friends who are undocumented immigrants Hobson says, “The thought of them feeling like they were in danger, like they were going to be deported, is scary. Hillary Clinton is definitely the safest option when it comes to immigration policy.”

Specifically, Clinton supports immigration reform with a path to citizenship. She wants to expand on what Barack Obama has done during his tenure as President. With a long history of fighting for the rights of children and families during her career in politics, Clinton refuses to change her tune regarding immigrants. She plans to repeal laws that have divided immigrant families of mixed status, and end family detention of undocumented immigrants within the United States.

Hobson is also worried about the future of the climate and the consequences a warmer world will have on her future. Clinton, in no uncertain terms, believes in the existence of climate change and says she’ll invest in clean energy. She’s repeatedly said that she wants the United States to have 500 million functioning solar panels by 2020 and that this project will create jobs and turn America into “the world’s clean energy superpower.”

When Hobson is asked why people might have reservations about voting for Clinton she says people think Clinton is crooked, citing alleged ties to Wall Street. The New York Times published an article in early October that cited documents made available by WikiLeaks.

The documents detailed remarks made by Clinton in paid speeches given to Wall Street executives in which she seemed to undercut principles that she is running on. During these speeches, Clinton reportedly embraced things like unregulated international trade and financial cuts to Social Security. The Clinton campaign has cited independent government findings that Russia was involved in the leak in order to sway the American public in the upcoming election.

Regardless of the controversy Hobson says, “I spend a lot of time encouraging people to think about what’s at stake, and what’s realistic, and what’s practical.” She urges people who are still undecided to look at the bigger picture because their decision is, in fact, important.