Most College Students Favor Kerry -Harvard Poll

[Polemonium]

Thu Oct 21, 4:24 PM ET

Politics - Reuters

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss

BOSTON (Reuters) - The majority of U.S. college students favor Democratic challenger John Kerry (news - web sites) over President Bush (news - web sites), according to a Harvard University poll released on Thursday that sees a dramatic rise in campus voter turnout.

Just weeks before the Nov. 2 election, researchers at Harvard's Institute of Politics found that 52 percent of all students want the Massachusetts senator elected president, 39 percent support Bush, and 8 percent are undecided.

In 14 hotly contested swing states, the poll shows Kerry leading Bush by 17 points among students.

The data suggest more students are leaning toward Kerry than six months ago, when Harvard last surveyed them. That poll, released in April, found Kerry leading Bush by 48-38 percent with 11 percent undecided. <snip>

The poll also found 84 percent of college students plan to cast a ballot, as both candidates woo young voters.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/nm/20041021/pl_nm/campaign_youth_dc

With any luck most of these students only have cell phones.

[The Jacobin]

1. BFD

College kids don't vote. :headbang:

Go poll a nursing home -- they vote.

[NMDemDist2]

2. they do this year

they have registered by the thousands all over the country

[The Jacobin]

4. You aren't really fooled, are you?

There is ALWAYS a story about "Look Out! College kids are registering in HUGE NUMBERS!"

They never turn out. Maybe because I remember election officials being real jerks about registration. "No. You can't vote the place you live all year around. You have to go back to where your parents live."

[NMDemDist2]

6. you keep dreaming

you'll have a family back in Texas in January

we're taking our country back

[K8-EEE]

11. The Kids Are Alright!

I've helped register students at our local community college and lemmme tell ya -- the kids are fired up about politic. Politics are cool. Apathy is uncool.

[Polemonium]

7. This year is different

We have not seen this kind of grass-roots activity since Kennedy. Yes some students will get disenfranchised, but trust me student turn out will far exceed 2000.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

9. No we're not. eom

[Child_Of_Isis]

3. I was reading a RS article today,

and they said that this is just not true. That is was the "young vote" that put both Clinton and shrub in office.

[FreedomFry]

13. They will this time.

My son, who's in college now, says everyone he knows is voting, and nearly all of them are voting for Kerry. They're excited about voting for the first time and are taking it very seriously. It's a good sign.

[Skittles]

14. I voted today in Texas

and was impressed with the number of very young faces I saw; much different than any other time I have voted.

[PartyPooper]

5. Junior's 'draft' will get these folks to the polls in HUGE numbers!

:kick:

[Polemonium]

8. Kick for optimism

night all...

[K8-EEE]

10. No Way...

I can't believe that many people who have any education would vote for that clown (GWB)!! I would have put the college vote more like under 30% and them from wacky fundie families or something....even Republicans don't like Bush for the most part.

[sonias]

12. It will happen

This year is different. Millions of them registered by Rock The Vote, Michael Moore's Slacker Tour and the Vote for Change tours. Voting is on everything they see MTV, games, 7-11, music tours and almost all bands have some kind of song with a message about the war. They get the draft message one way or the other. They see it in comic books, on the news, on the Internet and on TV. They can't avoid it.

My personal experience - My 4 nephews and nieces that live in my town are voting. Sometimes I can get half of them to vote by guilt, but this year they were the ones that said right up front -"I'm voting this year". They know it's different and they are scared for their future.
Of course all of them are voting for Kerry/Edwards.

You just wait, they will come out this year.


Sonia

[WindRavenX]

15. see, the booze isn't killing all our brain cells!

We college students still know a dumbass when we see one! :D