Campaigns Chase New Hampshire Young to Distraction
Submitted on January 30, 2000 - 1:00am.
Evan Thies - Spring 2000
MANCHESTER, N.H. _ James Siglio wishes Campaign 2000 would stop calling. "These people call every day," said Siglio, 18. "I'm sick of the election and it's only January." Siglio, a senior at Manchester Central High School, was a volunteer for the local political group Democracy in Practice this fall. Since then, he has been a marked man.
As a young person displaying an interest in politics, Siglio is a prime target for presidential campaigns starved for young voters. And in New Hampshire, the pressure on campaigns to recruit students is all the more intense in the final days before the Feb. 1 primary.
As a young person displaying an interest in politics, Siglio is a prime target for presidential campaigns starved for young voters. And in New Hampshire, the pressure on campaigns to recruit students is all the more intense in the final days before the Feb. 1 primary.
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