In addition to marching with students, Josh delivered a speech to the energized crowd where he drew similarities between The Hunger Games and the socio-political climate of the U.S. today. “It was a basically a story about a country in which the government had given everything to the .01% that lived in this one little town, and it was given to them on the backs of everyone else,” the actor said. “There was no equality, zero, none. And what it took was a revolution to change that broken system.”

Met with cheers, Josh went on to talk about the revolution for change facing all of us today. “We’re doing it with a movement,” he said to his fellow Sanders supporters. “We’re doing it with our voices, with organizing and leadership.”

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As the student organizers anticipated, Josh’s presence made quite a splash on the UCSB campus, and his name was soon trending on Twitter as videos and photos of the event made the rounds on social media. Nicole Olmedo, a first-year undergraduate at UCSB, was one of those excited students who attended the march. “I grew up watching [Josh’s] movies as a child,” she tells Teen Vogue, noting that while she’s not a member of UCSB Students for Bernie, she hopes to get involved in the future and passionately supports their cause. “It was surreal to see him in person…he was very inspirational. Something that really stuck with me was his comparison of the fictional country of Panem to the state of our country…. He was able to successfully use his platform, being in such influential films, and apply it to today's political situation. I admire him for that.”

Lex feels similarly, telling Teen Vogue that it was “incredible” to have Josh come to their campus. “I really can't explain it any other way,” he says. “It was amazing to have him show up, to see an old childhood icon, and to have him fight for the same things all of us are.”

With the successful March to the Polls behind them, Lex and Wendy — and the rest of UCSB Students for Bernie — are turning their attention to Super Tuesday and beyond. “Bernie is in a position where he very well may win the nomination, and we are going to be here to push to get Bernie elected every step of the way — from now until when he wins in November,” Wendy says, with Lex adding: “Our job certainly isn't done yet…. I fight for [Bernie] not only because he fights for me, but because there's not a single person on this planet that he's not fighting on behalf of, too.”

Editor’s Note: These interviews have been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

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