4.18.2004
Students Support Kerry, Says Harvard Poll
College students are more likely to identify themselves as independents and support John Kerry than to classify themselves as Democrats or Republicans or vote for President Bush, according to a survey released yesterday by the Institute of Politics (IOP).The lead is a soft one, according to the poll.
The poll, which surveyed 1,205 college students nationwide, revealed that Senator John F. Kerry, D-Mass., leads President Bush by 10 percentage points and that 41 percent of students identify themselves as independents..."
More info (pdfs, etc.) on the poll here.
This 11-question quiz, meanwhile, says I'm 32 percent "Traditional Liberal," with 29 percent "Secular Centrist."
Getting back to the poll, what's interesting to me is the major drop in support for the war in Iraq, putting college students evenly divided on the issue.
Or rather, why the drop happened. I'm wondering just how college students are getting their views of the war shaped.
How many have friends who are currently overseas?
How many watch the news on a regular basis?
How many read LiveJournal (where 17-19 year-olds are the biggest users) which has things like this wounded soldier's and this one by the head of a growing technology firm in Baghdad?
MORE: Minnesota Daily has some more on the poll:
Those polled ranked the war in Iraq as their chief concern.
[College Republicans Chairman Tyler] Richter said that ranking was because of the high number of college-aged soldiers stationed in Iraq.
"Nineteen years old is the average age of the soldiers in Iraq," Richter said. "It’s our friends, brothers and sisters doing the fighting over there."
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