Harvey Gantt attends a town meeting in Winston-Salem during his 1996 primary campaign for U.S. Senate. He first delivers a short speech outlining issues important to his campaign then opens the meeting up to questions. Gantt discusses his support of public housing, ways to address juvenile delinquency (welfare encourages single-parent households, need more early childhood development, need better messages and support at school), economic development (need to invest in education to compete, work on state infrastructure), political advertising, Medicare, balancing the budget (Gantt won't cut/raise premiums to balance the budget or give tax breaks to wealthy, would go after corporate welfare instead), affirmative action (need to see as expanding opportunities, inclusive and merit-based), gun control (supports ban on assault weapons, supports Second Amendment, need to be sensible), means testing for Social Security, afterschool programs, racial discrimination, and criticisms that a large portion of Gantt's donations have come from out of state.
