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[duderon]

Just got back to college a few days ago and i was really surprised at what i saw. There was an involvement fair the first day after move in. Anyway i would say that maybe 20% of the kids there were wearing bush/cheney stickers or carrying their posters. The support for the dems was obviously less.

The bush support caught me off guard, what about everyone else university/college?

 

[Diablos]

Yeah, you can bet most kids at college want Bush/Cheney. All the feternity and sorority tools seem to just love him.

 

[Ecrofirt]

My college is like all democrat.

I feel like such an outcast.

 

[Meier]

Major, major Democrat/anti-Bush contingent at my school. The College Republicans have been a bit more active lately though.

I have a Bush-Cheney sticker prominently displayed on my messenger bag though.

 

[duderon]

The vibe i'm getting from some of these kids is that they hate kerry. They are not looking at the issues, they are voting whatever party there parents support. It's like they have to support a republican.

With that said i don't know how many supporters are actually going to vote, and i have a feeling kids that aren't carrying posters or wearing stickers are still going to make a difference. Cause i know i'm one of them.

 

[Meier]

I'd imagine in actuality it's the exact opposite. You'll likely find a large percentage of kids who are voting Kerry are doing so because it's a.) hip to hate George W. Bush, b.) hip to be a Democrat in general since entertainers (musicians, actors) typically are, or c.) feel obligated because they're young and Republicans typically skew older.

There's an interesting test you can take on AOL.com though where you give your opinion on certain issues and they tell you which candidate is better suited for your political views, regardless of affiliation.

http://www.presidentmatch.com/Main.jsp2?cp=main

 

[Screaming_Gremlin]

Yeah, both the College Republicans and the Young Democrats have been out in force on my campus. A lot of windows in the dorms have a sign supporting Bush or Kerry, although I haven't seen either side have any real majority of students support them.

 

[Eric-GCA]

"There's an interesting test you can take on AOL.com though where you give your opinion on certain issues and they tell you which candidate is better suited for your political views, regardless of affiliation."

I tried that, got

Bush - 68%
Kerry - 17%

sounds about right.

 

[duderon]

I'd imagine in actuality it's the exact opposite. You'll likely find a large percentage of kids who are voting Kerry are doing so because it's a.) hip to hate George W. Bush, b.) hip to be a Democrat in general since entertainers (musicians, actors) typically are, or c.) feel obligated because they're young and Republicans typically skew older.

There's an interesting test you can take on AOL.com though where you give your opinion on certain issues and they tell you which candidate is better suited for your political views, regardless of affiliation.

http://www.presidentmatch.com/Main.jsp2?cp=main

I think it goes both ways, but from what i've seen here is a lot of open support for bush. It's now hip to hate Kerry too..

 

[Eric-GCA]

In California, its definately anti-Bush, no question. At my college in San Francisco, I doubt there is a single professor there who can express anything but sheer contempt for the Bush Administration and Republicans in general.

 

[firex]

At my university there's a sense of general apathy. I think this is because the state is pretty much a lock for Bush and there's no real sense for the 30k or so students to vote Kerry when a clear majority are voting Bush. That's mostly why I've decided to vote for Al Sharpton if I can write him in, or a third party other than Ralph "complete fucking joke" Nader if I can't. I live in such heavy Bush country that my vote really has no meaning regardless of who I want to vote for.

 

[EviLore]

 

[Nerevar]

The vibe i'm getting from some of these kids is that they hate kerry. They are not looking at the issues, they are voting whatever party there parents support. It's like they have to support a republican.

You can tell something like 90% of a person's affiliations (religious / political / etc) by what their parents were affiliated with. It's true, and it almost always works. Kids who have republican parents are much more likely to sway republican, and vice versa for democrats.


I wonder if that will hold true for video game companies, and MAF's children will be spewing anti-Nintendo vitriol 20 years from now.

 

[Teknopathetic]

88% kerry
7% bush.

Not surprising.

 

[AntoneM]

I say it doesn't matter if the state you live in has hisorically voted for one particular part for the last 100 years. Change doesn't happen by not voting. Who knows, if you and everyone else like you voted the race might be closer than expected which would generate hype for the next election and so on. Just vote! even if your candidate has no chance of winning in your state.

 

[Mandark]

At Montgomery Kollege, it's all about the Lyndon LaRouche recruitment table.

 

[Error Macro]

At Montgomery Kollege, it's all about the Lyndon LaRouche recruitment table.

Some dickhead at my college a couple of semesters back was pestering me about LaRouche. I politely told him that I didn't quite agree with what he was saying, and said that I voted for George W. Bush, and would most likely vote for him again. When he amped up the pressure and started saying all sorts of things like "look at how that fuckhead has screwed up the economy", I again tried to calmy tell him that I was on my way to class and that I would be late if I didn't get there soon. Obviously, he didn't care, and as I started to walk in the direction of my class, this asshole stepped in my way, and continued to raise his voice in my face. At this point, I had had it, and I promptly shoved him to the ground, and made my way to class.

 

[Lathentar]

44% Bush
42% Kerry

Funny stuff.

I live in one of the most densely populated Democratic region in the country I believe. Austin, TX... the campus of UT seems like 80% of the student body of 50,000 is a democrat.

 

[Outdoor Miner]

Kerry- 95%
Bush - 5%

I didn't think it'd be that huge, but the more i think about the issues and the issues alone, it's not that surprising anymore. I really don't agree with much of anything as far as Bush's view are concerned.

 

[MetatronM]

It seems like both sides are pretty vocal at my college. Of course, I hate all the people at the place anyway, so I really don't give a damn.

Back when I was at Brandeis, though, Republicans were as hard to come across as Christians were (seriously...they actually had to have a "Christian Pride" club at Brandeis because there were so few of them :lol).


Oh yeah, and:

Kerry - 86%
Bush - 8%

 

[cubanb]

48 kerry
42 bush
are my results
im still undecided


but at my college UC santa cruz,everyone hates bush and i mean EVERYONE. this college is so liberal they had "women in prison week", like wtf is that about

 

[Quadrophenic]

Santa Cruz is an awesome town, but the residents there are crazy when it comes to politics.

my campus is largely apathetic towards politics (which is pretty sad), though I think I see much more Kerry/Edwards support than Bush/Cheney.

 

[Mandark]

We should do "Hey ho, hey ho, 'Hey ho hey ho' has got to go!"

I think college students are split about the same way as the general populace these days, though I'm just drawing on really blurry memories of a couple factoids that I read here and there.

 

[djtiesto]

Kerry - 91% ... tell me something I don't know

My college was a fair mix of Democrats/Republicans, a lot of my friends upstate were Repubs but their girlfriends (the logical ones) were Dems... down back here, the majority of my friends hate Bush but are apathetic towards politics. And where I work, it's almost completely Republican (defense contractor).

 

[Nerevar]

I live in one of the most densely populated Democratic region in the country I believe. Austin, TX... the campus of UT seems like 80% of the student body of 50,000 is a democrat.

Right ... one of the most densely populated Democratic regions in the country ... in Texas.



I'm sorry, you just need to get out more.

 

[fse]

Kerry 92%
Bush 6%

 

[DaveH]

Interesting test.

43% Bush
32% Kerry

 

[sprsk]

95% kerry
5% bush.

well i know who i WONT be voting for this year.

 

[Tritroid]

It looks like that test overwhelming raises Kerry's percentage if you choose mostly democrat policies, but barely raises Bush's if you choose mostly republican policies.

 

[KingGondo]

I was at about 75% Kerry, 20% Bush.

I would say that Bush has more overall support on my campus, just because I live in such a conservative part of the country (and most students who go here are from either Oklahoma or Texas). Sidewalk chalkings for meetings (OSU Cowboys 04 Kerry, etc) get scuffed out almost immediately by Bush supporters, and the Young Democrats on campus are extremely unorganized and unmotivated.

Kerry has no shot at winning here anyway, but the Senate race is extremely promising. Democrat Brad Carson has a lead over Republican Tom Coburn, who is a paranoid idealist (a la Bush).

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Right ... one of the most densely populated Democratic regions in the country ... in Texas.



I'm sorry, you just need to get out more.

Um, if you have never been to Austin, its a little liberal island in an ocean of conservatives. Its as if liberal, hippy, treehugger in Texas picked up and moved to one city. You know that whole gerrymandering thing Texas had a while ago, Austin was the town most screwed over by it. We share a congressional district with west Houston, which is a 2 and a half hour drive.

You may not believe it, but hey, what do I know, I live here.

Oh, and 94% Kerry, 4% Bush.

 

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