College-student debt in New Hampshire is the worst in the nation–the average debt for a 2010 grad was more than $31,000. Adam Sylvain reports on how this may influence young voters tomorrow in New Hampshire, at The College Fix:
“Historically, young voters in New Hampshire turn out to vote at a rate that is on par with older voters in the state, which puts their engagement in elections above the national average for youth in every general election since 1998,” said Peter Levine, director of CIRCLE. “In the 2008 primary, New Hampshire young people turned out at a rate double that of 2004 and undoubtedly played a significant role in John McCain’s eight-point win over Mitt Romney in the Republican primary that year.”
If the high turnout trend continues, young voters will once again play a major role in determining which candidate will win the Jan. 10 primary.
I'm surprised by that number; I would have thought it much higher. I graduated in 1981 with about 10k of debt and don't recall any nationwide uproar over the issue - and those were not the best of economic times either.
NH has Dartmouth, which probably accounts for most of the skew, but that still sounds low if you consider a year at Columbia or NYU these days, even basic don't-know-what-I-wanna-do-yet undergrad.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI'm surprised by that number; I would have thought it much higher. I graduated in 1981 with about 10k of debt and don't recall any nationwide uproar over the issue - and those were not the best of economic times either.
NH has Dartmouth, which probably accounts for most of the skew, but that still sounds low if you consider a year at Columbia or NYU these days, even basic don't-know-what-I-wanna-do-yet undergrad.
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