Thursday, April 13, 2006
Know it alls
The Worcester Telegram and Gazette carried this facinating news item today:
College students back troop withdrawl
Sixty percent of American collge students think the United States should begin withdrawing troops from Iraq, a 20 percentage-point increase from the fall, a new Harvard poll indicates.
However, the poll by Harvard University's Institute of Politics released Tuesday indicated fewer college students support a total withdrawal of troops, down from 22 percent in the fall to 12 percent.
The nationwide telephone survey of 1,200 college students was conducted between March 13 and March 27. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percent
Other results of the poll include:
-Nearly three out of four college students (72 percent)believe the United States should let the United Nations and other countries take the lead in solving international conflicts.
-President Bush's approval rating is 33 percent, down 8 percentage points from the fall survey
-If the 2008 presidential election were held today, 40 percent of college students would vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton and 40 percent for Republican John McCain.
Well, I'm sure we're all glad to know what the college students think, though why it should be newsworthy is beyond me. I wonder, would there have been a little blurb entitled, "Majority of college students support War in Iraq" if the numbers has been reversed? Also, I can't help wondering where those 1,200 representative students were from. Anyone out at Steubenville get a call?
College students back troop withdrawl
Sixty percent of American collge students think the United States should begin withdrawing troops from Iraq, a 20 percentage-point increase from the fall, a new Harvard poll indicates.
However, the poll by Harvard University's Institute of Politics released Tuesday indicated fewer college students support a total withdrawal of troops, down from 22 percent in the fall to 12 percent.
The nationwide telephone survey of 1,200 college students was conducted between March 13 and March 27. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.8 percent
Other results of the poll include:
-Nearly three out of four college students (72 percent)believe the United States should let the United Nations and other countries take the lead in solving international conflicts.
-President Bush's approval rating is 33 percent, down 8 percentage points from the fall survey
-If the 2008 presidential election were held today, 40 percent of college students would vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton and 40 percent for Republican John McCain.
Well, I'm sure we're all glad to know what the college students think, though why it should be newsworthy is beyond me. I wonder, would there have been a little blurb entitled, "Majority of college students support War in Iraq" if the numbers has been reversed? Also, I can't help wondering where those 1,200 representative students were from. Anyone out at Steubenville get a call?
