Holly Kasper / Contributing Writer, www.dailytargum.com

With the 2008 presidential election quickly approaching, Friends of New Brunswick Free Public Library hosted a public seminar on the major political parties featuring Gerald Pomper, member of the University Board of Governors.

The lecture, part of the “Libraries Brown Bag Luncheon Series,” focused on the presidential candidates, and the differences in the underlying issues that are of the primary concern during this election.

Pomper, a former professor of political science at the Eagleton Institute of Politics, has both written and edited 19 books on subjects such as elections in America, voter’s choice and American democracy.

Pomper said the 2008 presidential election holds in history a unique position not because of race or sex — which he called false issues — but because of a vast interest found within the voters that are statistically 25 and under.

“If [Sen. Barack] Obama wins this election, [young voters] will be a main reason,” Pomper said.

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