How much power does your vote have? What if you're a conservative and live in a blue state? Or a liberal and live in a red state? Or what if you're from a U.S. territory, like Puerto Rico, and don't have full voting rights? Students explore these questions and why, no matter what, you should still vote. Click here for this episode's transcript.

This episode was produced by Lead Podcast Producer Briget Ganske, with help from Associate Producer Wyatt Mayes. Segments in this episode were produced by Maggie Lebeau from Illinois; Orion Boone from Florida; and Miranda Jatib and Adelaida Siaca-Ortiz from San Juan, Puerto Rico (first Puerto Rican participation in On Our Minds), with mentoring from Pilar Álamo and Sixto Ortiz at sjspr.radio. Research and fact-checking by Reesa Venterea and Becky Wandel. Antonio Nevarez edited and mixed this episode.