2008 Woodie Awards
Union surveys reveals Kerry as favorite among registered voters
ELECTIONS: 87 of 140 registered students surveyed by college newspaper name Sen. Kerry as their choice for U.S. president.
By: Jeff Todd
Issue date: 10/28/04 Section: News
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With five days left until the election, the Union conducted a poll last week to determine how EC students are responding to Tuesday's presidential elections.
Students were polled on whether they were registered and who their choice for president is.
With less than a week remaining, there were 21 percent of the registered voters are still undecided.
For undecided voters, most students feel like the election is between two bad candidates.
"I don't care for either candidate, but both have good points in the debates shown recently," Lisa Replogle, liberal studies major, said.
Others feel that they just haven't had time to find their candidate.
"Neither has yet to convince me; I still need to research," Rusty Scrivens, computer science major, said.
With some nationwide polls giving President Bush a single-digit lead, EC is opposite.
Of registered voters, only 17 percent of students polled on campus are in support of the current president.
The majority or the Bush supporters like his leadership and the president's ability to protect the nation.
"He has needed to deal with difficult situations and has done well to protect the country. He also is honest with our nation," Saul Wertheim, web page design major, said.
"I may disagree with some of his ideas but I feel that he will better protect this country than others," Devin Pozo, sociology major, said.
Because the war is such a major issue this election year, Bush supporters believe that he should be allowed to finish what he started.
"We should not be changing presidents in the middle of a war and economic crisis," Karen Davis, speech communications major, said. "He meets my needs and expectations as a citizen."
"He deserves more time to finish what he started," Lindsay Osborn, psychology major, said. "That and I don't think that John Kerry would make a good commander in chief."
"I believe George W. Bush will offer all the support he can to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and is, in my opinion, best suited for the 'war on terrorism' and the war in Iraq," Daniel Ingold, undecided, said.
Students were polled on whether they were registered and who their choice for president is.
With less than a week remaining, there were 21 percent of the registered voters are still undecided.
For undecided voters, most students feel like the election is between two bad candidates.
"I don't care for either candidate, but both have good points in the debates shown recently," Lisa Replogle, liberal studies major, said.
Others feel that they just haven't had time to find their candidate.
"Neither has yet to convince me; I still need to research," Rusty Scrivens, computer science major, said.
With some nationwide polls giving President Bush a single-digit lead, EC is opposite.
Of registered voters, only 17 percent of students polled on campus are in support of the current president.
The majority or the Bush supporters like his leadership and the president's ability to protect the nation.
"He has needed to deal with difficult situations and has done well to protect the country. He also is honest with our nation," Saul Wertheim, web page design major, said.
"I may disagree with some of his ideas but I feel that he will better protect this country than others," Devin Pozo, sociology major, said.
Because the war is such a major issue this election year, Bush supporters believe that he should be allowed to finish what he started.
"We should not be changing presidents in the middle of a war and economic crisis," Karen Davis, speech communications major, said. "He meets my needs and expectations as a citizen."
"He deserves more time to finish what he started," Lindsay Osborn, psychology major, said. "That and I don't think that John Kerry would make a good commander in chief."
"I believe George W. Bush will offer all the support he can to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq and is, in my opinion, best suited for the 'war on terrorism' and the war in Iraq," Daniel Ingold, undecided, said.