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Washington Week's Voice of the Voters: Hampton University | PBS

Duration: 05:17
Program: Washington Week
Broadcast Date: Nov. 5, 2012

In 2008, President Obama overwhelmingly won the youth vote--66 percent compared with Senator John McCain's 32 percent. But will be carry the same numbers this time around? In the final days of the Election 2012 campaign, student journalists at Hampton University's Scripps Howard School of Journalism explore the key issues important to youth voters in the battleground state of Virginia. Everleigh McNeil, Nakysha Haywood and Ballah Boakai report on how college-aged voters are responding to both President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney's solutions to students loan debt and unemployment.

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Post Date: November 5, 2012