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Poll: 81 percent of Penn students prefer Obama | Interactive Feature
Colin Kavanaugh and Mara Wishingrad
If Barack Obama were running against John McCain for the Undergraduate Assembly, Obama would win in a landslide.
On Penn's campus, 81 percent of students said they support Obama, compared to 17 percent who said they support McCain, according to a CBS News/Chronicle of Higher Education/UWire poll released today.
The Daily Pennsylvanian participated in the poll as a UWire member.
Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, is leading McCain, the Republican nominee, 6 to 8 percent in nationwide polls.
Penn students are more liberal than college students across Pennsylvania, with 67 percent of students statewide saying they support Obama and 29 percent supporting McCain.
With the current president and Congress receiving low approval ratings, both candidates are seeking to represent change this election season.
Nearly 76 percent of Penn students surveyed say Obama will bring change to Washington, D.C., with only 21 percent of students saying the same about McCain.
McCain's age is one of the largest issues preventing him from connecting to younger voters.
About half of Penn students see McCain's age of 72 as a problem and believe his age would make it difficult for him to do the work of the presidency.
At the same time, only 13 percent think Obama's age, 47, makes him too inexperienced to lead.
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Sam C'09
posted 10/27/08 @ 11:38 AM EST
I've already voted for McCain-Palin!
Alum 08
posted 10/27/08 @ 1:09 PM EST
Looks like Penn is pretty much the same bastion of liberalism it was when I left in May.
I wonder if any students' opinions would be different if they paid income taxes, served in the military/intelligence community, or had other significant real-world experience. (Continued…)
Winston Lee C'73
Winston Lee C'73
posted 10/27/08 @ 3:44 PM EST
I see Penn students of today think with a part of their anatomy that reasonable persons employ for flatulance and defecation.
A.C. Nielsen
posted 10/27/08 @ 10:07 PM EST
Poll: 95% of Republican students feel uncomfortable when responding to informal polls conducted on liberal campuses.
I think we may be in for a bit of a surprise. (Continued…)
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