"It was a matter of how many young people were turning out for him," said 21-year-old Wisconsin native Jason Rae to The Guardian. "I got elected to be a voice for [America's] next generation and I see Obama really engaging with young people. In exit polls, 73% of 18-to-24-year-old Wisconsin voters supported him."

Rae believes Sen. Obama has a "strong chance" to beat Republican opponent Sen. John McCain. "His vision and his new perspective on change makes him more viable. What we have seen from Obama is that he is able to compete in places where Democrats have not always been able to."

Rae also had a half-hour meeting with Senator Obama, he recently told BBC's Justin Webb in the video interview below. He asked about health care, education, and asked "What's your plan to engage youth in the process?"

"Most foreign leaders could not get that kind of time," Webb notes. "Most Americans couldn't get that kind of time; many senior members of the Democratic party, who aren't superdelegates, couldn't get that time, but you got it."

"Every delegate vote counts in this election," Rae said, "so they were doing everything they could to help reach out to the superdelegates."

"It's been a really exciting experience," Rae says of his "celebrity" status. "A little daunting at some times, being 21, trying to balance writing a midterm paper and trying to do a television interview all in the same day..."

Rae, a former intern at the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, won his seat on the Democratic National Committee at the age of 17. This year's election will be the first in which he is of age to cast a presidential vote.