Articles 2008 Presidential race raised student political involvement
January 23, 2009
The 2008 presidential election helped catapult today’s college freshmen to a level of political involvement not seen in decades, a survey released today suggests.
A record 35.6% of first-year students said they frequently discussed politics in the past year; the previous high was 33.6% in 1968. The annual survey began in 1966.
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