New Survey Finds Education is Top Political Issue for Young Americans

Education Week: A survey of Americans age 18-30 reports that education is the most important issue for them when considering which political candidates they will support, according to a survey released Wednesday.

The "GenForward" survey, conducted by the Black Youth Project at the University of Chicago and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research with responses from nearly 2,000 individuals, asked them to select the three most important issues to them when considering candidates. Education was selected as a top-three issue by 31 percent of all those surveyed.

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