Obama youth appeal strongest on campus
By: Ben Adler
Dec 14, 2007 06:19 AM EST
Not all young people are created equal — and a new study has found that can affect which candidate they back for the Democratic nomination.
Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) is trouncing his rivals among college students, but he actually trails Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) among their less wealthy and less educated peers.
Obama leads Clinton 43 percent to 23 percent among current college students — but Clinton leads Obama among youth who never enrolled in college, 38 percent to 31 percent.
Obama also leads Clinton among college graduates in the Institute of Politics at Harvard survey released Dec. 5, and he leads overall, 38-33, based on the survey of 18-24 year olds conducted online in November.
And Obama’s advantage on campus is especially pronounced in the early primary states that matter most. At Iowa State University a Nov. 26 poll found Obama trouncing Clinton 58-14 as the first choice among Democratic respondents.
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