Hamilton College Sociology Professor Dennis Gilbert and students from his public opinion polling class will announce the results of the national youth "Hot Button Issues" poll, on Thursday, Jan. 5, at 10 a.m., at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Gilbert and his students collaborated with the polling firm Zogby International to conduct the poll on the issues of abortion, guns and gays.
High school seniors were selected for this eighth in the Hamilton Youth Poll series
as representatives of a rising generation of Americans and potential
voters in November 2006. One thousand high school seniors from across
the U.S. were contacted by phone for the study. The poll was funded by
Hamilton's Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center and had a margin of
sampling error of plus or minus 3 percent.
