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College freshmen political interest at a nadir [CNN] (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Mon Jan 12 14:43:57 1998
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Subject: College freshmen political interest at a nadir [CNN]
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> POLITICAL INTEREST AMONG COLLEGE FRESHMEN AT NEW LOW
>
> Graphic January 12, 1998
> Web posted at: 1:37 p.m. EST (1837 GMT)
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> WASHINGTON (AP) -- It is not easy peddling politics on a college
> campus nowadays. Even talking about the issues is a turnoff,
> according to a nationwide survey of freshmen.
>
> An annual study by the University of California, Los Angeles, for
> the Washington-based American Council on Education found a record
> low number of college freshmen showing much interest in politics.
>
> Just 27 percent of the nation's 1.6 million freshmen believed that
> keeping up with political affairs is a very important life goal,
> less than half the percentage recorded in 1966. Just 14 percent said
> they frequently discussed politics, down from 30 percent in 1968.
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