"I have found it discouraging, the number of people between the ages of 18 and 35 who don't vote," he said.
Sharp echoed Rudman's point, saying he perceives a change in attitudes today toward political institutions.
"We've been through an era of disparagement about what government can do," he said, adding that right now "participation is all the more important."
When Ifill asked the panelists what big issues remain unaddressed in America, Kennedy and others said they felt it was race relations.
"America will never be America until we free ourselves as a society from, basically, racism," Kennedy said.
Goodwin agreed, saying the country does not always deal with the issue forthrightly.
"We talk about it as education, we talk about it as health care," she said. "And that misses the passionate point."
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