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To: microhoogle! who wrote (35309)	3/18/2004 11:38:51 AM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 793587

MB, You are looking to closely at the colleges and their activist students. There are plenty of moderates on campus and then there is the non-college crew. 60-40 for kerry sounds about right. mike

To: microhoogle! who wrote (35309)	3/18/2004 12:01:34 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793587

Murali, Young people generally oppose war In WW2 they lined up at recruitment offices. One of my best friends was a East Coast liberal 60's protester. He and his wife did the whole 60's scene and in raising their children never let them play with guns (toy or otherwise). His oldest is 82nd Airborne (after West Point) and is just coming home from his 2nd tour in Iraq. His youngest just finished his Eagle and has an attitude to the right of his brother. The youngest and my oldest are good friends and their circle isn't thinking objector status vs Canada - they are thinking Army, Navy or Marines. 2 Future Cadets and 1 Midi on my sons HS running team. Their generation is looking at 9/11 like my fathers looked at Pearl Harbor. John

To: microhoogle! who wrote (35309)	3/18/2004 12:21:33 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793587

I constantly see those sort of numbers. The married ones with kids tend to be more conservative, and they all vote very "swing." Here was a comment. Let the stats speak for themselves. In a recent poll by the Institute of Politics at Harvard, 31 percent of college students across the country now identify themselves as Republicans (27 percent of the students say they are Democrats, and 38 percent consider themselves independent or unaffiliated). The poll also reported that 61 percent of college students approve of President Bush's job performance — a number about eight-percentage-points higher than the general public. Two other studies, one done by the Gallup Organization and another by the University of California at Berkeley, found that teens now hold more conservative viewpoints than older generations on issues like abortion and prayer in school. Not since the 1980s, when Reagan triggered a youthquake of conservative campus activism, have so many kids rocked the GOP vote. Could it once again be hip to be square? nationalreview.com The young left activists get all the press.

To: microhoogle! who wrote (35309)	3/18/2004 2:22:02 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793587

"Young people generally oppose war. You may want to take another look at our men and women who are serving in the military all over the world currently. They too are young. But I don't see too many of the young who have nose rings, cocaine tracks, pot pipes, or those sitting around bemoaning their rich life in the military. These young people probably do oppose the war. In fact, truth be known, they oppose their life, and therefore anyone else with a seemingly better life than they think they have.