Candidates and Young Adults in Campaign 2000
Participants talked about the degree of interaction between candidates and young adults and addressed topics such as television advertising, voter turnout, and Internet campaigns. Following…
108 viewsParticipants talked about the degree of interaction between candidates and young adults and addressed topics such as television advertising, voter turnout, and Internet campaigns. Following…
108 viewsForum participants explored the reasons for political apathy amongst young Americans. They discussed whether this signified a problem for society, and how politicians and others could…
112 viewsRichard Thau talked about the political activity of young adults in the 2000 presidential campaign season. He described his organization as participating in “advocacy for the future.” They…
49 viewsParticipants talked about the relationship between candidates and younger voters. Among the issues they addressed were how often and in what ways candidates try to reach these voters,…
84 viewsRepublican and Democratic pollsters presented the results of a survey on the issue of social security reform and retirement. Panelists then spoke about President Bill Clinton’s proposed…
84 viewsThe panelists talked how reform would affect certain groups of the population. They focused on how individual accounts that have been proposed would hurt women in the system because they…
97 viewsThe participants announced the results of a study they did on attitudes of young people, 18 to 34 year olds, toward the solvency of the Medicare program in the future. Most young people…
37 viewsPanelists discussed how correspondents who were younger than 30 were covering the campaign and how the under-30 electorate was perceiving the campaign. They also took questions from the…
95 viewsParticipants discussed the status of the Social Security program, especially its impact on young people. They examined how the program could be changed to still benefits older citizens…
42 viewsCurrent news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning headlines; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes…
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