Most everyone is aware that Barack Obama has been doing well for himself with younger voters, but what about his influence on those young people still waiting to turn 18 and claim their suffrage?

Here at SnapDragon, we were curious about how high school-aged Obama supporters (many too young too vote in this election) were influencing the votes of their parents.

To that end, we asked our high school intern, Elle, to conduct a casual survey or her classmates at Bronx Science who are Obama supporters.

Acknowledging the limited scope of the survey, we believe the findings merit attention:

Of 44 students surveyed, 36 talk politics with their parents on a regular basis.

Of those 36, 29 admit they have no “vote changing” effect on the views of their parents. These parents either already support Obama or are unswayed by their child’s views.

But 7 students did believe that talking with their parents had helped the parents to support Obama. One seventeen year-old student, Panida, convinced her father, an Edwards supporter, to get behind Obama once Edwards bowed out of the race. Another student, Zaro, also 17, persuaded her undecided mother to support Obama over Clinton. Both Panida and Zaro will turn 18 before November, and plan to vote in the presidential election.

Family plays an important role in the shaping of political beliefs. While it is taken for granted that parents will influence the views of their children, the fact that children can equally influence the views of their parents is an exciting and promising sign for the future of our country.