Author urges schools to respond to the challenge of the 26th amendment, both in curriculum and context. (MB)

Demonstrates how urban-socio-political geographers may use findings from research in political science, sociology, and education to analyze a city's voting patterns on school levies. (JM)

Concludes that voters need a frame or a point of reference for determining the campaign relevance of issues and that, therefore, framing is a crucial consideration in the media agenda-setting process. (FL)

Experiment dealt with selecting political candidates. Results provide some limited support for the hypothesized importance of matching information presentation formats to decision-making strategies. However, the most effective pattern of matching turned out to be in the opposite direction of the prediction. Discusses methodological issues. (PD)

Studies the effects of source valence, including source credibility, attraction, and homophyly, on voter preference in a Florida Democratic primary election campaign. Indicates that attitude homophyly is an excellent predictor of voter preference. (JMF)

After a long struggle for electoral equality, Blacks in Texas addressed themselves to educational equality. Through court cases, they pressured the state government for equal access to graduate and professional schools. The establishment of Texas Southern University as a separate Black facility was one response to this pressure. (RLV)

Presents one aspect that makes mathematics the final word in many discussions, the ideology of certainty. Argues that one way of challenging the ideology of certainty is to change classroom practice by introducing a landscape of discussion on chaotic nature where relativity, provisional starting points, different points of view, and uncertainty…

A recent study at a medium-sized private university demonstrates the efficiency and reliability of a touchtone electronic polling device for conducting telephone research for university groups. The study was conducted for a student group investigating off-campus housing conditions. (MSE)

Examines the relative influence of six communication modalities on voters' perceptions of lesser-known candidates during contested presidential primary campaigns. Indicates that interpersonal communication dominates all modalities in influencing voters' perceptions in the "distant phase" and persists into the "localized phase."…

Mail-in elections are prompting school officials to communicate their message to a wide variety of audiences. Many of the states using vote-by-mail have also made it much easier for citizens to cast absentee ballots. Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of voting by mail. (MLF)

Discusses a study of the voting attitudes of students at several southwestern New Mexico high schools. Reports that most respondents had not voted on an issue of particular importance to themselves while in school. Indicates that most expected to vote in the next presidential election, but few were able to define democracy. (SG)

A Colorado school district attracted over 2,000 volunteers to work on a winning campaign for a mill increase to make up for a $7 million shortfall in state funds. Offers 10 key lessons along with pointers for putting them to work in other school districts. (MLF)

Compares respondents who watched the first 1996 presidential debate with respondents who did not. Finds (1) those who watched the debate could more accurately recognize issue positions of Clinton and Dole than nonwatchers; (2) differences in the groups' assessment of character traits of the leading candidates; and (3) more respondents gave policy…

Among 2,321 Russian adults surveyed, about half supported market institutions and about a third supported state-based economic institutions. Higher educational level was associated with proreform attitudes. Economic ideology strongly affected voting behavior, party choice, income, Communist party membership, and prodemocracy views, and also…

This article describes the accomplishments of Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard University law school. The first and only African American woman to hold a tenured faculty position at the Harvard University law school, Guinier has put her visibility to use by speaking out on issues of race, gender and democratic…