One 22-year-old's idea for a new career: democracy mediator

Most people have never had a direct conversation with any of their elected representatives — and if they have, it was likely during campaign season. This interpersonal disconnect leaves too many Americans' concerns unheard, something a 22-year-old recent college graduate has a plan to fix.

While knocking on doors for a state Senate candidate near his college campus last year, Tino Fragale says he heard voters complain time and again that their concerns were routinely ignored by politicians except in the runup to an election.

"I always felt a sort...