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Excerpt from www.thecollegefix.comBoth GOP and Democratic student leaders tell The College Fix young people across the spectrum concerned about making a living in today’s economy
Students and young voters across party lines agree that economic concerns take priority over social issues, according to a new Young America’s Foundation poll.
Nearly half of the 1,600 young people surveyed — 48 percent of high school students and 44 percent of college students — named the economy as a top concern.
Angst over the economy outpaced the results for any other topic, such as health care, school safety, the environment and race relations among those surveyed, one in three of whom identified themselves as moderate. The rest ran the gamut, from conservative to liberal.
Among college students polled, only 14 percent named race relations among their top three concerns, and only 15 percent listed LGBTQ-rights as a priority.
