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POLITICAL INTEREST AMONG COLLEGE FRESHMEN AT NEW LOW

Graphic January 12, 1998 Web posted at: 1:37 p.m. EST (1837 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It is not easy peddling politics on a college campus nowadays. Even talking about the issues is a turnoff, according to a nationwide survey of freshmen.

An annual study by the University of California, Los Angeles, for the Washington-based American Council on Education found a record low number of college freshmen showing much interest in politics.

Just 27 percent of the nation's 1.6 million freshmen believed that keeping up with political affairs is a very important life goal, less than half the percentage recorded in 1966. Just 14 percent said they frequently discussed politics, down from 30 percent in 1968.

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