Total number of surveys completed: 4127
1: What's the best thing you could do to make America a better place? 2: In what areas does government need to do more? 3: Why don't more young people vote or get involved in politics? 4: If you spent an hour with the president, what would you want to discuss?? 5: What worries you the most? Age:
Gender:
School:
1125 said "Volunteer with a local community group"
152 said "Participate in boycotts or protests"
226 said "Work on a political campaign"
579 said "Vote in elections"
1908 said "Treat other people decently and with respect"
130 said "Nothing really makes a difference"
1505 said "Improving schools"
483 said "Helping students pay for college"
443 said "Protecting the environment"
477 said "Creating more and better jobs"
923 said "Protecting human and civil rights"
289 said "Fighting diseases and improving health"
1423 said "We don't have enough information about issues and candidates"
409 said "No one asks us to"
330 said "It's too boring"
611 said "Politics and campaigns are too negative"
330 said "We will when we're older"
582 said "There aren't good candidates"
435 said "It makes no difference"
720 said "Iraq"
380 said "Terrorism"
941 said "Education"
677 said "The economy/jobs"
830 said "Civil/human rights"
481 said "I have no interest in talking with the president"
698 said "The war with Iraq"
429 said "Another terrorist attack"
281 said "Nuclear weapons in North Korea"
608 said "US relations with Europe and the UN"
785 said "The global environment"
625 said "The U.S. economy"
696 said "My future job opportunities"
253 said they were 15
206 said they were 16
177 said they were 17
190 said they were 18
181 said they were 19
248 said they were 20
292 said they were 21
340 said they were 22
420 said they were 23
631 said they were 24
1549 said they were male
1935 said they were female
1064 said they were in high school
1531 said they were in college or other postsecondary institution
249 said they were not presently attending school
844 said they were employed