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Chasing the Vote: Students Are Split on Gaza. Could It Swing North Carolina?

2024/10/20
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The chapter explores student reactions to the Gaza conflict and its impact on campus, highlighting the split views among students and the broader political implications.
  • Pro-Gaza demonstrators set up an encampment on the UNC Chapel Hill campus.
  • Students like Logan Kalin and Daniel Stomple have differing views on the conflict.
  • The Biden administration's stance on Israel and Gaza has polarized some students.

Shownotes Transcript

There are nearly a quarter million students in the University of North Carolina system, and its flagship campus at Chapel Hill was in the spotlight this spring after pro-Gaza demonstrators set up an encampment on the quad. WSJ political reporter Jimmy Vielkind traveled to North Carolina’s campuses to see how voters are weighing the Middle East conflict and the protests it spawned.

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