Poll: 22% approve of President Bush

[unfrigginreal]

Wednesday, October 22, 2003
By Shaunak Mewada, The Dartmouth Staff

A recent poll conducted by The Dartmouth indicates that the College's faculty and students lean left of the nation as a whole. Former Vermont governor Howard Dean emerged as the frontrunner in a question about a hypothetical presidential election, and President Bush also received strikingly low approval ratings from Dartmouth faculty and students alike.

In national polls, Bush's ratings, while dipping, still remain high, with a recent Gallup poll indicating that his approval ratings stand at 56 percent. On campus, though, 68 percent of respondents said that they hold a generally unfavorable impression of the President and only 22 percent view him favorably.

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This explains why only 20 percent -- less than the total percentage of Republicans -- of all respondents said that they would vote for Bush. Howard Dean was the clear frontrunner, with 30 percent saying they would vote for him.

Among the Democrats, John Kerry and Wesley Clark were in a dead heat, with nine percent each indicating them as their choice for president.

http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2003102201010

[Frodo]

1. So all we have to do...

... is limit voting rights to the faculty at Dartmouth?

[kwolf68]

2. Smart People=22% for Bush

Dartmouth is a tremendous school with a vast number of highly intelligent young people. The fact only 22% have a + view of Bush speaks volumes.

I believe the Democrats are the party of the lower and middle class (sometimes poor and sometimes uneducated) AND the very highly educated, the intelligent. It's an interesting party.

[RevolutionStartsNow]

3. Obviously they are teaching them something at Dartmouth!

:)

[LuminousX]

4. Uh-Oh... Stafford Loans no longer valid for Dartmouth Tuition.

I wonder what petty revenger the GOP will pursue against Dartmouth.