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DENVER—Outgoing IOP Director Jim Leach spoke to delegates of the Democratic Party yesterday, giving an evening floor speech at their party convention about the need to bridge political divides and make the United States stronger...
...IOP Director of Polling John Della Volpe pointed out that prior to the September 11th attacks, most young people were interested in community service, but not many followed politics. Since then, however, he said there has been “a remarkable shift.” More than 40% of 18-21 year olds voted in the 2004 election, compared to just under 30% who voted in the 2000 election...
Volpe unveiled a nationally representative survey the IOP conducted between July 28th and August 12th of this year. Of 1,031 individuals between 18 and 24 years old, 55% supported Democratic presumptive nominee Obama in this year’s presidential election, while only 32% supported Republican presumptive nominee John McCain...
...McCarthy, a dean at HKS, said the IOP data is of “tremendous value,” and that it reflected trends he’d seen among his students...
...process of selecting a new director began with the formation of an advisory search committee that included Kennedy School faculty and members of the IOP Senior Advisory Committee, including Caroline B. Kennedy ’80, whose father the IOP intends to memorialize. The final selection was made by Ellwood. —Staff writer Lauren D. Kiel can be reached at ldkiel@fas.harvard.edu...