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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOUTH VOTE. OUR GUEST IS ABBY KIESH FROM CENTER FOR INFORMATION AND RESEARCH ON CIVIC LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MILLENNIALS. WHO...
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
18-29 YEARS OLD. THEY ARE VERY DIVERSE. IT IS A VERY DIVERSE GROUP AND THEY ARE ENGAGED. HOST: THEY MAKE UP 20%1% OF
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THE VOTING POPULATION. GUEST: WE
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
WORK WITH HARVARD UNIVERSITY TO HIGHLIGHT THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CLEAR AND CONCRETE ASSETS TO THE COUNTRY AND TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE PARTICIPATION RATES...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THEY DOING? GUEST: YOUNG PEOPLE
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
ARE VOTING AT THE SAME RATES AS THEIR PARENTS, JUST OVER 50%. WE HAVE 21% OF YOUTH DISCUSSING CURRENT ISSUES MORE THAN A FEW TIMES A WEEK. THEY ARE INNOVATING...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THEY ARE VOTING AT THE SAME RATE AS THEIR PARENTS. GUEST: THERE WAS A DIP
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
IN THE 1990'S. IT IS PRETTY CONSISTENT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AVERAGES OVER TIME. THE YOUTH VOTE IS COMPLICATED. THERE IS A LARGE CHANCE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ACTIVITIES, GRASSROOTS SORT OF THINGS. WHAT DID YOUR REPORT FIND? WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE THEY DOING? GUEST: EDUCATION IS
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
SO IMPORTANT. WE TALK ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS. TALKING TO YOUR NEIGHBORS. HAVING A VOICE AND DISCUSSING ISSUES WITH PEOPLE. THERE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HAS HIS ACTION GROUP AND USING SOCIAL MEDIA. IS HE TARGETING THE 18-29- YEAR-OLDS? GUEST: SOCIAL MEET IT IS A
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
PLACE TO REACH MILLENNIALS -- SOCIAL MEDIA IS A PLACE TO REACH MILLENNIALS. THERE WILL BE A GIANT EVENT IN D.C. TO TALK ABOUT THE STATE OF THE UNION...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TALKING ABOUT THE YOUTH IN THIS COUNTRY AND THEIR LEVEL OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. WE HAVE A SPECIAL LINE FOR 18- TO 29-YEAR-OLDS. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU...
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
LOOK AT THE EXIT POLL DATA. THE IDEA OF THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT VARIOUS. ES. YOU CAN SEE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE PRESIDENT ARE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
BRING SOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INTO THE CONVERSATION THIS MORNING. APROMOTING YOUR UPCOMING SERIES ABOUT THE FIRST LADY'S. TEH BUS SHE BUS IS IN OHIO...
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CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. I FEEL THE YOUTH ARE GETTING MORE INVOLVED. THE LIBERALS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE THEM BAMBOOZLED THAT THEY ARE FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. THEY TAX...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOU THINK REPUBLICANS CAN DO? CALLER: THEY HAVE
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CALLER, -
TO GET MORE INVOLVED. I THINK THE YOUTH FEEL THEY ARE MORE OUT OF TOUCH. THEY HAVE TO TRY SOMETHING. HOST: IS
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THAT TRUE? GUEST: THAT IS AN
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
IMPORTANT POINT. THERE WAS MORE OF AN EFFORT BY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TO REACH OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE COMPARED TO 2008. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MESSAGES...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
PATRICK IS OUR FIRST STUDENT.
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Clark, Patrick - Student
CALLER: THANK YOU FOR HAVING US ON TODAY. I WAS WONDERING BASED ON THEIR INVOLVEMENT, HAS SOCIAL MEDIA COST ANY SHIFTS IN THE TENDENCY OF THESE VOTERS?...
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
FOR THAT QUESTION. I'M INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. DO YOU THINK IT IS SHIFTING? CALLER:
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Clark, Patrick - Student
I DO. I WAS WONDERING IF IT HAD ANY REAL IMPACT ON ELECTIONS. GUEST:
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
THERE IS A COUPLE OF AREAS WHERE IT IS STRIKING. THE IDEA OF HAVING A VOICE. RESEARCHERS ARE LOOKING INTO ONLINE PARTICIPATORY POLITICS AND HOW YOUNG...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
NEXT. GOAHEAD. -- GO AHEAD. CALLER:
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CALLER, -
HI. I COME FROM MICHIGAN. HAVE YOU BEEN TO MICHIGAN? HOST: WHAT IS
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOUR POINT? CALLER: HAVE YOU BEEN
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CALLER, -
TO DETROIT?
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
GUEST: YES. CALLER: DETROIT IS
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CALLER, -
A CITY I FREQUENT OFTEN TO GET ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY. IT NEEDS A LOT OF HELP. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T FEEL THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TREATED RIGHT BY THEIR...
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
CRITICAL AREA TO THINK ABOUT. THERE ARE DIFFERENCES IN THE WAYS THAT PEOPLE AND EXPERIENCE CIVIC AND POETICAL LIFE. WE SEE THAT IN THE DATA OF THIS REPORT....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
WILL GO BACK TO THE BOSS NOW. -- BUS N OW. LANCE IS UP. CALLER:
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Craig, Lance - Student
IS THE YOUTH TREND SIMILAR TO THE NATIONAL TREND? GUEST: THAT IS SUCH
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION NOW, LOOKING AT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THERE IS A DROP-OFF IN USED VOTER TURNOUT. I THINK HE KNEW THE ANSWER...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
IN OHIO. CALLER: GOOD
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CALLER, -
MORNING. MY QUESTION IS SIMPLE. ALL OF MY CHILDREN GRADUATED FROM TAYLOR. THREE OF MY GRANDCHILDREN GRADUATED FROM TAYLOR. THE SUPERINTENDENT AT TAYLOR...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
THAT? CALLER: BECAUSE WHEN
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CALLER, -
THE LAST TIME THE PRESIDENT GAVE A SPEECH AND MY CHILDREN WANTED TO HEAR AT -- MY GRANDCHILDREN, THEY HAD A BLACKOUT. I CALLED THE PRINCIPAL. HOST: A...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ISSUE. IF YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND OUT IF STUDENTS PAY ATTENTION TO STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESSES, THOSE KIND OF BIG POLITICAL SPEECHES. GUEST: THAT...
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
DIFFER. A YOUNG PERSON'S CONTEXT AND WHO IS ASKING THEM TO PARTICIPATE CAN IMPACT WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE INVOLVED. IF A TEACHER GIVES YOU AN ASSIGNMENT,...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
SO TEACHERS ARE NOT WATCHING THESE SPEECHES WITH THE STUDENTS. GUEST: IT DIFFERS
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
TREMENDOUSLY AND IS MORE LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN WEALTHIER DISTRICTS, THIS HIGH QUALITY CIVIC ACTIVITIES. IT IS HAPPENING BUT NOT EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED.
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: ANDREA. CALLER: HOW DO YOU
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Davies, Andrea - Student
THINK THE YOUTH VOTING TREND WOULD BE AFFECTED? DO YOU THINK THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN YOUTH VOTING TRENDS? GUEST: THANK YOU SO MUCH
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
FOR BRINGING UP CIVIC EDUCATION, ANDREA. WE THINK THAT IS CRITICAL. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE IN SCHOOL. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THEM DEVELOP SKILLS AND...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
INDEPENDENT CALLER. ARE YOU READY TO GO? CALLER:
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CALLER, -
OH, YES. I APPRECIATE YOUR PROGRAM. I DEAL WITH THE USE EVERY TIME. I FEEL THAT'S WE'RE GETTING EDUCATED AND OUR GOAL IS TO BE A BETTER CITIZEN AND TO...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ABBY KIESH?
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
GUEST: THIS IS AN INTERESTING POINT TO BRING UP. THANK YOU FOR CALLING. THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE TO DISCUSS ISSUES AND TO UNDERSTAND HOW...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
BUS THIS MORNING TO TEDDY. CALLER:
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Graham, Teddy - Student
HI. IN WHAT WAY ARE YOUNG PEOPLE MOBILIZED? GUEST: HAVE
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
YOU SEEN DIFFERENCES? CALLER: I HAVE
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Graham, Teddy - Student
NOTICED PRESIDENT OBAMA TALKING TO YOUNG VOTERS. I HAVE NOT NOTICED MUCH OF A CHANGE OTHER THAN THAT. GUEST: IT LEAPS FORWARD IN
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
THIS. GRETA THAT IS PROBABLY SOMETHING YOU SEEN HAPPEN. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN INVESTED IN. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE ALSO SEEN ACROSS THE BOARD...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
BILL IS A DEMOCRAT IN CHICAGO.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: I'M A 75-YEAR-OLD BLACK MAN. THEY REALIZE THAT RIGHT TO WORK IS 100% AGAINST A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. THEY ALSO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN MICHIGAN....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ALL RIGHT. GUEST: BANKS
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
FOR CALLING. -- THANKS. ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE SEEN IN TALKING TO YOUNG PEOPLE IS THAT YOUNG FOLKS SEE THINGS THROUGH AUTHENTICITY. THAT WAS ONE OF...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOUTH RESEARCHER. CIVICYOUTH.ORG. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION 18-22. OUR NEXT STUDENT IS SAM HARPER. CALLER:
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Harper, Sam - Student
WHAT SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND TO MOST YOUTH VOTERS COME FROM? GUEST: THANK YOU FOR
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
THIS, SAM. ONE THING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE IS THAT THEY EXPERIENCE THE ECONOMY IN VERY DIFFERENT WAYS. OUR YOUNG...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
SHOWED DISCHARGED EARLIER FROM YOUR REPORT. IT SHOWS NON-ELECTORAL CIVIC ACTIVITIES, MEANING IF SOMEONE IS A COLLEGE GRADUATE, YOU CAN SEE THEIR ACTIVITY...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: MORE STATISTICS FROM YOUR REPORT -- SO, ARE THEY STILL ENGAGED EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE A HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE? OR DOES THAT MAKE THEM MORE ENGAGED?
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
GUEST: WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THE DATA IS THAT THERE IS STILL HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, THAT EVEN THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE EMPLOYED COULD BE IMPLORED PART-TIME...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
FROM TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL JOINING US AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. OUR BUS IS PARKED OUTSIDE TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL THIS MORNING IN NORTH BEND, OHIO. PART...
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Lysaght, Ryan - Student
MAIN REASON FOR THE VOTING GAP BETWEEN COLLEGE AND NON-COLLEGE YOUNG PEOPLE? GUEST: GREAT
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
QUESTION. ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND IN THE FALL WAS CAMPAIGNS WERE REACHING OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE NOT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES LESS. IT'S BECAUSE RESEARCH SHOWS...
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| 00:33:40 |
Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
MACKENZIE IS ON THE LINE. CALLER: MY QUESTION
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McDaniel, McKenzie - Student
IS ABOUT POLITICIANS AND YOUTH VOTERS IN AMERICA, HOW SHOULD THEY BRIDGE THE GAP? GUEST: HOW DO YOU
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
THINK POLITICIANS SHOULD BE REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND IN YOUR CLASS? CALLER:
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McDaniel, McKenzie - Student
I THINK THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY. ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS, AND THAT'S THE WAY TO GO. HOST: HOW OFTEN
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
ARE YOU ON FACEBOOK OR TWITTER? CALLER: I'M
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CALLER, -
ON EVERY DAY. HOST: MULTIPLE
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TIMES PER DAY? CALLER:
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CALLER, -
YES, PROBABLY. HOST: ARE YOU GETTING
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
YOUR NEWS FROM THERE AS WELL? CALLER: NO,
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CALLER, -
NOT CURRENTLY. HOST: HOW
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
CLOSELY DO YOU FOLLOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON? (music) CCALLER: PRETTY CLOSELY. MARC KLAAS JUST WENT TO THE INAUGURATION. I AM VERY INTERESTED...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TWEET -- GUE(music) I DON'T THINK SO. THINGS MOVE PRETTY QUICKLY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. PEOPLE UNDERSTAND POLITICS PRETTY WELL.
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: THANK YOU. WHAT DID YOU HEAR?
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
GUEST: BANKS. I TOTALLY AGREE SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE ONE WAY FOR POLITICIANS TO REACH YOUNG PEOPLE. IF IT IS DONE AUTHENTICALLY, IT CAN BE REAL ASSET TO...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
UNDERSTAND HOW WASHINGTON WORKS? GUEST: THIS IS
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
INTERESTING. THIS IS WHERE RESEARCH WHEN TALKING ABOUT DATA IS HELPFUL. WE DID A POST-ELECTION SURVEY WHERE WE ASK YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT A DIFFERENT POLITICAL...
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Martini, Mitchell - Student
TO GET OUR LAST COUPLE STUDENTS.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: REFERRING BACK TO THAT TWEET, WE DO KNOW THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE IS JOHN BONEHNER. WHAT IS THE REASONING FOR THE LOWER TURNOUT IN YOUTH VOTING?...
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Unidentified Speaker, -
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
GUEST: IN THE PAST THREE ELECTION CYCLES, YOUTH VOTING HAS BEEN THE SAME FROM 1976 THROUGH 1992. SO IT IS AT HISTORIC PLACES RIGHT NOW COMPARED TO HISTORY....
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TWEET -- GUEST: WE WERE TALKING
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
EARLIER, YOU MENTION THE NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEE A ROLE OF GOVERNMENT FOR HAVING AN IMPACT...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
HOST: 1 LAST STUDENT. GO AHEAD, TYLER. CALLER: I WAS JUST
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Martini, Tyler - Student
WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY EVIDENCE OF A GENDER GAP AMONG YOUTH VOTERS AND IF SO, REDUCING THE TREND IN THE FUTURE?
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
GUEST: THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL PRESIDENTIAL CYCLES WE HAVE SEEN THAT YOUNG WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO VOTE THAN YOUNG MEN. WE'RE...
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
TO THANK OUR STUDENTS AT TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL FOR PREPARING FOR TODAY, READING THE REPORT, COMING UP WITH QUESTIONS, AS WELL AS THEIR TEACHER MICHAEL TO...
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Kiesa, Abby - Youth Vote Researcher
YOU. HOST: COMING UP NEXT, YOUR
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Brawner, Greta Wodele - Host
MONEY IS OUR TOPIC. THAT EVERY MONDAY. IN THE LAST HOUR WE LOOK AT TAXPAYER DOLLARS. TODAY OUR FOCUS IS REBUILDING AFGHANISTAN. WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK....
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Unidentified Speaker, -
A.M. EASTERN TIME. JEREMY, WRITING FOR THE HILL NEWSPAPER, SAYS THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY IS JOINING FORCES WITH HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND OTHER DOMESTIC SECTORS...
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