Kerry’s Lead Widens Among Younger Voters

According to a new survey by Harvard University’s Institute of Politics, college students support Kerry over Bush by wide margins. The survey found that Kerry’s 10 point lead in March has grown to 13 points now with 12 days left to Election Day. Kerry has the support of 52% of respondents with 39% for Bush. In swing states, Kerry’s lead widens to about 16 points.

So, you would think that George W. Bush would take every opportunity to shore up at least some support from the ‘MTV Generation‘, right?

Throughout MTV’s coverage of the 2004 presidential election, many of you have been contacting us about providing equal coverage to both major presidential candidates — Senator John Kerry and President George W. Bush. Some of you write that you’ve enjoyed our programs with Senator Kerry, but you ask why MTV hasn’t interviewed President Bush.

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We agree with you that we can best serve our audience by presenting both candidates and campaigns in equal measure. But while Senator Kerry has now sat for two interviews with MTV, President Bush has yet to agree to a single appearance. MTV has been pursuing an interview with the president all year and would welcome him on our network at any time. To date, the Bush campaign has told us that it hasn’t been able to schedule an MTV appearance.

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