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He wants to ban soft money contributions, which, he says, grant special interests the power to bankroll political parties and their agendas. Though critics counter that soft money donations are a form of protected political speech, McCain sees them as antithetical to democracy.
He argues that young voters are politically disenfranchised from the process because moneyed interests have too much say. This disengagement from the political process fosters civic disengagement as well because, in McCain's view, younger voters don't feel the government is responsive to them at all.
For Jonathan S. Freimann, 23, a student at the Harvard Law School, McCain's views are welcoming.
"Young Americas are cynical. I want to head the closing of the breach between the government and the people. The young people feel that we do not represent them. I want to restore faith in government," he said.
Federal voting statistics show that young people are consistently the most-underrepresented age demographic at the polls.