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Article: Family tradition plays into voting
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- January 17, 2000
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There might not be a Gov. Cecil Underwood if Underwood's father
hadn't believed in exercising his right to vote.
"My father voted for the first time in 1896, and he never missed
until he died at age 90," Underwood said. "Many times, he had to
walk miles to get there. He never sought public office, but I feel
his strong sense of civic responsibility influenced my interest in
politics at an early age."
The strong political values Underwood inherited from his father
might have made him governor, but they don't make him unique.
Family tradition is a major influence on whether people vote or
not. A recent Charleston Daily Mail Poll showed that 46 percent of
those responding said voting is very ...