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The Presidential candidates are debating nearly every relevant issue these days. Videogaming has found prominence as a political issue in recent times - sadly enough – so, it would be nice to know the candidates’ positions on the issue. Common Sense Media tried to sample the opinions of the candidates about videogames but only three of them showed enough interest to take the survey. One of the frontrunners in the Presidential race, Sen. Hillary Clinton (Democrat), was interested in participating in the survey but could not furnish a response in time. According to gamepolitics, CSM has finally received her reply.

She doesn’t seem to be a huge fan of violent videogames, or games with “corrupting content”, and has vowed to shield children from such content if she becomes president. One can expect more stringent game regulations if she occupies the Oval office. Historically, Clinton has stood up for tougher video game regulation and she introduced the Family Entertainment Protection Act a couple of years ago. This bill had provisions for fines being imposed on on-site store mangers, if they sold inappropriate games to children.

In her response, Clinton also talked about the ills of violent and sexually explicit game content and, specially, the fears parents have about losing control over their children as a result of such content.

Read [Game Politics]