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*​**Correct The Record Tuesday February 3, 2015 Afternoon Roundup:*

*Tweets:*

*Correct The Record* @CorrectRecord: .@HillaryClinton
<https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton> introduced an act to protect Puerto
Rican forests #TodayInHistory
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/TodayInHistory?src=hash>#HRC365
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/HRC365?src=hash>
https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/272 …
<https://t.co/cDNKpj69Uj> [2/3/15, 12:30 p.m. EST
<https://twitter.com/CorrectRecord/status/562664428319932417>]

*Correct The Record* @CorrectRecord: .@nssottile
<https://twitter.com/nssottile>: Since her days in AR "@HillaryClinton
<https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton> has been on the side of students."
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150203/PC1002/150209852/1021&amp;source=RSS
…
<http://t.co/GtwGiKCwk8> via @postandcourier
<https://twitter.com/postandcourier> [2/3/15,11:06 a.m. EST
<https://twitter.com/CorrectRecord/status/562643237970530304>]

*Sec. Hillary Rodham Clinton* @HillaryClinton: The science is clear: The
earth is round, the sky is blue, and #vaccineswork
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/vaccineswork?src=hash>. Let's protect all our
kids. #GrandmothersKnowBest
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/GrandmothersKnowBest?src=hash> [2/2/15, 10:45
p.m. EST <https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/562456798020386816>]

*Headlines:*

*Post and Courier: Letter to the Editor: Nick Sottile, president of the
College Democrats of South Carolina: “Help for students”
<http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150203/PC1002/150209852/1021&amp;source=RSS>*

“Students need a true advocate in the White House. I believe that advocate
can be Hillary Clinton.”

*Fusion: “Young people will hit the polls in 2016, and they want Hillary”
<http://fusion.net/story/41972/fusion-poll-millennials-politics-hillary-clinton-jeb-bush-election-2016/>*

“Young Democrats across all demographics pick Clinton to be the party’s
next nominee, according to the survey.”

*Time: “Hillary’s 140-Character Campaign Strategy”
<https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/562456798020386816>*

"Though Clinton didn’t join the social media platform until mid 2013, she’s
pioneered a new way of using it to flesh out her campaign platform 140
characters at a time."

*The Hill blog: Ballot Box: “Tom Ridge endorses Jeb Bush for president”
<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/231577-bush-dhs-secretary-endorses-jeb-bush?utm_campaign=briefingroom&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterfeed>*

“Ridge also offered some praise for Democratic front-runner Hillary
Clinton, saying he always had ‘productive’ meetings with her when he was in
the Cabinet and she was a senator.”

*Articles:*

*Post and Courier: Letter to the Editor: Nick Sottile, president of the
College Democrats of South Carolina: “Help for students”
<http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20150203/PC1002/150209852/1021&amp;source=RSS>*

By Nick Sottile

February 3, 2015 12:01 a.m. EST

As an early primary state, South Carolina gets a front row ticket to the
circus that is the Republican presidential nomination process — a circus
that currently includes Sarah Palin and Donald Trump, who say they are
strongly considering running.

As entertaining as that spectacle would be, those two attention-seekers
will decide not to run for president. Instead we’ll see “serious”
Republican candidates; “serious” candidates who will do nothing to make
college more affordable.

These “serious” guys will be cut from the same cloth as Mitt Romney. Though
Romney recently announced he will be sitting out the race, his ideas that
were rejected by voters in 2012 will be on the ballot.

As he looks to act as king maker, let’s not forget that this is the guy who
saw the student debt crisis and rising college costs and told the nation’s
students to “borrow money from your parents.” Romney — and the Republicans
he’ll influence this cycle — don’t grasp the issues, much less have a plan.

There will be “serious” candidates such as Jeb Bush, who is an advocate of
Common Core, despite the continued controversy about its national
educational standards. Expect members of his own party to pounce on this.

And we can’t forget Rand Paul. Folks might know Paul from his sassy Twitter
presence, which is something I wish I could not say about a candidate for
the highest office in the land. Last fall when he came to the College of
Charleston he derided meaningful student loan relief. But with Paul,
there’s always a chance he’ll continue his habit of flip-flopping and start
acting like an advocate for students.

Students don’t need a fair-weather friend. Students need a true advocate in
the White House. I believe that advocate can be Hillary Clinton.

From her days in Arkansas to her days in the Senate, Clinton has been on
the side of students. She recognizes the burdens of student debt and has
worked to make college more accessible.

At a time when no other candidate has been consistently fighting for
students, we need her voice in the national discussion.

Nick Sottile

President

College Democrats of South Carolina

Mimosa Road

Columbia

*Fusion: “Young people will hit the polls in 2016, and they want Hillary”
<http://fusion.net/story/41972/fusion-poll-millennials-politics-hillary-clinton-jeb-bush-election-2016/>*

By Brett Logiurato

February 3, 2015, 8:40 a.m. EST

Young people are planning to turn out the vote in 2016. And they have a
clear choice at this point about who they want to be the nation’s next
president.

Those are some of the highlights from Fusion’s Massive Millennial Poll,
which surveyed 1000 people aged 18-34 about everything from politics to
dating to race issues. The poll provides a barometer of millennials’
priorities and preferred candidates ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

For one thing, they say they’re increasingly engaged ahead of the
all-important election — but it’s also clear they’re not very
well-informed. And they think government can help them, particularly in an
area where they’ve struggled to get ahead — in their jobs.

Young people are ‘ready for Hillary’

Right now, young people want former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to
become the nation’s first female president in 2017.

Clinton is the top choice among young Democrats and handily beats the GOP
challenger who currently gets the highest percentage of the youth vote,
2012 nominee Mitt Romney, according to the survey. Romney last Friday said
he would not run for the third time, putting Republicans in a fresh
scramble to find a candidate who can compete with Clinton.

[GRAPH]

Young Democrats across all demographics pick Clinton to be the party’s next
nominee, according to the survey. More than half — 57 percent — of the
Democrats surveyed prefer Clinton, compared with 10 percent who choose Vice
President Joe Biden and another 10 percent who want Massachusetts Sen.
Elizabeth Warren. At 19 percent, a large chunk are still undecided.

[GRAPH]

But young Republicans preferred a third presidential run from Romney before
he made it official to supporters last week that he wouldn’t run. More
young people identified with the Democratic Party, so the Republican sample
is decidedly smaller. (Note: Results showing Romney ahead were also based
on a smaller sample size than the results with the rest of the Republican
field.)

With Romney out of the mix, former Florida Jeb Bush benefitted the most: He
could be the frontrunner with Romney out of the way. In a Romney-less
field, Bush leads the pack at 16 percent, jumping 4 percentage points from
a field that included Romney.

Bush is trailed by Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (14 percent), former Arkansas
Gov. Mike Huckabee (12 percent), New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (8 percent)
and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (8 percent).

[GRAPH]

More young people still lean toward Democrats when they’re pressed

According to the survey, 49 percent say they are politically unaffiliated —
including a majority (58 percent) of young Latino voters, half of young
male voters, and half of the 25-29-aged voters in the sample.

[GRAPH]

But when the self-identified independents were pressed further, half of
those surveyed at least leaned toward identifying with the Democratic
Party. Thirty-five percent, meanwhile, leaned more toward the GOP.

[GRAPH]

And if the election were held today, 48 percent would choose a generic
Democratic candidate, compared with 35 percent who would pick the
Republican nominee.

[GRAPH]

Jeb Bush does exceptionally well with young Latino voters

Could Republicans solve their Latino vote problem in 2016? The survey
suggests they have a candidate who excites young Latino Republicans far
more than the others.

That candidate is Bush, whose wife is Latina and who is generally viewed as
more pro-immigration reform than any of the other potential Republican
candidates at this point. Bush, along with Romney, did not appear at an
Iowa summit last weekend hosted by noted immigration hawk Rep. Steve King.

According to the survey, 19 percent of Latino Republicans surveyed said
they’d vote for Bush in the GOP primary. That was 8 percentage points
higher than the next-closest candidates — Christie and Paul. Christie,
however, blew out the rest of the field among young, African-American
Republicans. He got 24 percent of the vote there, 17 points ahead of the
next closest challengers — Bush and Paul.

Some other areas where Bush is relatively strong: in the 18- to 24-year-old
crowd (12 percent), with self-identified “conservative” young Republicans
(15 percent), and with young Republicans who have at least some college
education (12 percent). He leads the crowded Republican field in each of
those categories.

One question revealed how alarmingly uninformed young people are about
politics

Are you between the ages of 18-34? Can you name one — just one — of your
home state’s senators?

Congrats! You did better than more than three-fourths of people your age.
That’s right — 77 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds in the new survey could
not name even one US senator in their home state.

[GRAPH]

The finding provides fodder for the suggestion that millennials are
relatively uninformed political citizens. But Fusion’s survey also revealed
that more than nine in 10 of the 18- to 34-year-olds plan to vote in the
2016 presidential election, so there’s some inclination they want to learn
more. [[More on this breakdown below.]]

Some interesting findings in the demographic breakdowns: more men (25
percent) than women (20 percent) were able to correctly name at least one
of their senators. However, they were also more likely to guess and take a
50-50 shot at getting it right — women were more likely than men to say
they “don’t know” rather than give an incorrect response.

Meanwhile, certain demographic groups within the survey earned a
particularly low grade. Just 18 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds, 16 percent
of Latinos, and 10 percent of African-Americans could correctly identify
one of their senators. However, whites were significantly more likely to
guess than to say they didn’t know.

Here’s the one issue millennials most want the next president to tackle

A majority of millennials want their next president to take decisive action
to improve their economic situations. A plurality — 19 percent — of
respondents in the survey said they want the next president to address the
economy and jobs.

Coming in next on the list of important issues is health care (10 percent),
education (7 percent), budgets and deficits (6 percent), and immigration
and border control (4 percent).

[GRAPH]

The economy and jobs were the No. 1 issue across every demographic measured
in the poll, from sex, age, race, ideology, and education level. All but
one demographic — young men — ended up with health care as the No. 2 issue.

The economy, while picking up steam as a whole in recent months, continues
to pose challenges, especially for millennials. The unemployment rate for
16- to 19-year-olds remains around 20 percent, and a Pew Research Center
paper published last year found that millennials are driving a record
increase in multi-generational home living.

Changing of the guard? Young people think government is helpful

Where millennials differ from the rest of the American population, however,
is in their view that, overall, government is generally good. Fifty-seven
percent of those surveyed said government is “helpful,” compared with just
18 percent who called it “harmful.” That suggests millennials want the next
president to be more active in tackling their prioritized issues.

[GRAPH]

A 2014 Washington Post poll found that a plurality of registered voters
viewed the government as more harmful than helpful. The difference was
especially distinct in those who felt strongly about their position — 27
percent strongly felt the government was harmful, compared with 11 percent
who strongly felt it was helpful.

Young people are actually excited to vote in 2016! Will it last?

More than three-quarters millennials say they are at least “very likely” to
vote in the 2016 presidential election, a level of enthusiasm that has the
potential to dwarf previous turnouts from young people in past elections.

In all, 77 percent 18 to 34-year-olds are “absolutely certain” or “very
likely” to vote in 2016, according to the survey. Another 14 percent said
they will “possibly” vote, bringing the total up to 91 percent. Just 8
percent say they are not likely to vote, while 1 percent is undecided.

Such an increase could represent a boon for whichever presidential
candidate takes advantage. Multiple studies have shown that young voters
propelled Obama to his two electoral victories, especially in 2012.

That year, according to the Pew Research Center, voters between the ages of
18-34 made up about 19 percent of the electorate, an increase from 18
percent in 2008.

But only about half of those eligible to vote in the age group went to the
polls, according to a 2012 analysis from Center for Research and
Information on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University. That same
analysis found that Obama won at least 61 percent of the youth vote in four
key swing states — Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. The analysis
concluded that if Romney had split the youth vote in those states, he could
have won each of them.

The general enthusiasm spreads across demographics. Overall, 88 percent of
men aged 18-34 are likely to vote. Even more women — 95 percent — are
planning on heading to the voting booth in 2016.

Ninety-three percent of young white people and African-Americans say they
are likely to vote, while 88 percent of young Latinos plan to turn out. And
89 percent of high-school graduates, 90 percent of attendees of at least
some college, and 94 percent of college graduates are likely to vote.

[GRAPH]

Why are some young people planning on sitting out? What would make them
change their minds?

They have a few reasons, but the most popular they gave is that they “don’t
care about voting” — 16 percent of the young people who said they are
unlikely to vote chose that option. Twelve percent of that group said they
are “too busy,” 9 percent said “nothing ever changes” or “my vote doesn’t
count,” and 8 percent said they “don’t trust the system,” rounding out the
top-five reasons.

What could change that? Millennials say they’d be more likely to vote if
they could do so online (49 percent) or via a cell phone (38 percent).
Another 26 percent said a more racially diverse palate of candidates would
motivate them to vote, while 24 percent said more young candidates on the
menu would be an encouraging factor.

[GRAPH]

African-Americans, in particular, said they’d be much more likely to vote
if there were racially diverse candidates (24 percent, vs. 13 percent
across the board), and if they could vote online (44 percent, vs. 32
percent across the board).

[GRAPHS]

Fusion’s Massive Millennial Poll surveyed 1,000 people between the ages of
18 to 34, with a general population sample and an overall margin of error
of plus-minus 3.1 percentage points. The interviews were conducted via
telephone from Jan. 6 to Jan. 11. For more on our methodology and poll
results, click here.

*Time: “Hillary’s 140-Character Campaign Strategy”
<https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/562456798020386816>*

By Ryan Teague Beckwith

February 3, 2015, 11:34 a.m. EST

[Subtitle:] She's pioneered a new way to use Twitter

Hillary Clinton isn’t officially running for president and she isn’t
exactly campaigning yet either.

Since last year’s book tour, her public appearances are limited to
speeches, both paid and unpaid, and even campaign events where she isn’t
appearing are tightly controlled. That creates a supply-and-demand problem,
though, when news breaks and the public wants to know where she stands on
an issue.

Enter Twitter. Though Clinton didn’t join the social media platform until
mid 2013, she’s pioneered a new way of using it to flesh out her campaign
platform 140 characters at a time.

It’s a great political strategy for her, though it leaves a bit to be
desired among the public and the press. Clinton’s tweets come late in the
news cycle, allowing her to score a quick point off Republican in-fighting
after much of the story has played out.

They’re also tightly scripted, which means there’s no problem of going
off-message or losing control of the story, like she did during what should
have been a softball interview with NPR that touched on her changing views
on gay marriage.

The 140-character limit on Twitter also means that Clinton’s pronouncements
aren’t as substantive as they often seem at first. Without reporters asking
follow-up questions, Clinton can make a rather general statement about,
say, being in favor of vaccination, without explaining her past doubts.

Or she can criticize an attempt to roll back the Dodd-Frank bank reforms
without specifying exactly which changes to the law she would support or
oppose.

Judge for yourself. Below are some of the major policy positions Clinton
has taken on Twitter.

Against the Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby Lobby case:

*Sec. Hillary Rodham Clinton* @HillaryClinton: Hard-working women will pay
the price for today's two troubling #SCOTUS
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/SCOTUS?src=hash> decisions -- in wages, health
care & dignity. [6/30/14, 7:34 p.m. EST
<https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/483755538589556736>]

In favor of raising the minimum wage:

*Sec. Hillary Rodham Clinton* @HillaryClinton: Hopeful to see NYC lead the
way in raising wages for working families. Thanks Mr. Mayor.
http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/459-14/mayor-de-blasio-signs-executive-order-increase-living-wage-expand-it-thousands-more/#/0
…
<http://t.co/krqBHSbWgi> [10/4/14, 1:16 p.m. EST
<https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/518449653638234115>]

In favor of childcare legislation:

*Sec. Hillary Rodham Clinton* @HillaryClinton: Quality child care makes our
families & communities stronger. Thanks to the President for signing
bipartisan child care bill.@2SmallToFail <https://twitter.com/2SmallToFail>
 [11/20/14, 5:27 p.m. EST
<https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/535560212938518528>]

In favor of President Obama’s immigration actions:

*Sec. Hillary Rodham Clinton* @HillaryClinton: Thanks to POTUS for taking
action on immigration in the face of inaction. Now let’s turn to permanent
bipartisan reform.#ImmigrationAction
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/ImmigrationAction?src=hash> [11/20/14, 8:26
p.m. EST <https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/535605199705239552>]

Against rolling back part of Dodd-Frank:

*Sec. Hillary Rodham Clinton* @HillaryClinton: Attacking financial reform
is risky and wrong. Better for Congress to focus on jobs and wages for
middle class families. [1/16/15, 1:57 p.m. EST
<https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/556163273738166272>]

In favor of some of Obama’s economic ideas in the State of the Union:

*Sec. Hillary Rodham Clinton* @HillaryClinton: @BarackObama #SOTU pointed
way to an economy that works for all. Now we need to step up & deliver for
the middle class. #FairShot #FairShare [1/20/15, 10:19 p.m. EST
<https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/557739125886169088>]

In favor of vaccination:

*Sec. Hillary Rodham Clinton* @HillaryClinton: The science is clear: The
earth is round, the sky is blue, and #vaccineswork
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/vaccineswork?src=hash>. Let's protect all our
kids.#GrandmothersKnowBest
<https://twitter.com/hashtag/GrandmothersKnowBest?src=hash> [2/2/15, 10:45
p.m. EST <https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/562456798020386816>]

*The Hill blog: Ballot Box: “Tom Ridge endorses Jeb Bush for president”
<http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/231577-bush-dhs-secretary-endorses-jeb-bush?utm_campaign=briefingroom&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterfeed>*

By Peter Sullivan

February 3, 2015 11:43 a.m. EST

Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge endorsed Jeb Bush for
president in an interview set to air Tuesday.

Ridge was in the Cabinet of Jeb Bush's brother, former President George W.
Bush, a sign of the large network the younger Bush can draw on for support
and fundraising.

"I think the governor of a pretty complex state like Florida, a governor
who has a great track record, a governor who’s into the problem-solving
business," Bush told OraTV's Larry King. "What little credibility or what
little traction I may have politically left after all those years, I’m
pleased to send it and let Jeb Bush use it however he sees fit."

Ridge also offered some praise for Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton,
saying he always had "productive" meetings with her when he was in the
Cabinet and she was a senator.

He said a Bush versus Clinton match-up would be "almost a clash of titans,"
leading to a campaign that is "tough, rigorous, and hopefully, for the
first time in a long time, civil."

Ridge also sent a letter last week, along with former DHS secretaries
Michael Chertoff and Janet Napolitano, calling for funding for the
Department of Homeland Security not to be put in jeopardy.

Congressional Republicans are currently weighing their options for funding
the department amid a fight over its immigration moves.

"I think it’s a huge mistake to challenge the department with this periodic
funding," Ridge said in the interview. "Secretary Johnson can’t be as
effective as he wants to be if you’re going to play politics with his
budget."