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Why Young People Aren't Interested in Running for Office

Why Young People Aren't Interested in Running for Office

Free Thoughts · Libertarianism.org

September 18, 201550m 51s

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Show Notes

In a new survey of over 4,000 young Americans, Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox have found that only 19% of respondents indicated that one of their future goals was to become a political leader. Why are these young people not interested in running for office? Will they change their mind later in life?

Show Notes and Further Reading

Jennifer L. Lawless and Richard L. Fox’s 2015 book on this phenomenon, Running from Office: Why Young Americans are Turned Off to Politics.

The New Books in Political Science podcast—as its name implies—is a great source of information on current trends in political science.


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