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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: PROLIFE who wrote (565261)	4/15/2004 10:49:15 PM
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Bush Losing Support From College Students WASHINGTON (April 15) - Democrat John Kerry has widened his lead against President Bush among college students, who are becoming more concerned about the war in Iraq and an uncertain job market, a Harvard University study showed Thursday. Researchers at Harvard's Institute of Politics found that while Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, leads Bush by 48 percent to 38 percent, nearly 40 percent of Kerry supporters said they do not know enough about the Massachusetts senator. Independent candidate Ralph Nader trailed with 5 percent of the vote. A national poll of 1,205 college students, conducted from March 12 to March 23 with a margin of error of 2.8 percent, showed support for Bush on college campuses has fallen with his approval rating dropping to 47 percent from 61 percent in October. "Dissatisfaction with the war in Iraq, a continued weak job market and the president's opposition to gay marriage appear to be moving students toward Sen. Kerry," said Dan Glickman, director for Harvard's Institute of Politics and former agriculture secretary in the Clinton administration. "That withstanding, Kerry's lead is still soft." Support for the war in Iraq has dropped to 49 percent from 58 percent last October, the Harvard study said. Two-thirds of students believe it will be difficult for them to find a job after they graduate. The study also showed 57 percent support same-sex marriages. With more than six months to go before the Nov. 2 election, Harvard political researchers said the candidates must reach out to the 5.1 million college students in the United States, many of which are highly coveted independent voters. College students "are repulsed by the extremism of the party," said David King, director of political research at Harvard. "They don't want to be seen as a Democrat or Republican." The survey found that 62 percent of college students plan to vote in the election, up from 50 percent just four years ago as controversial issues such as Iraq have captured their attention. Still, college students are less willing to be classified as either conservative or liberal, with 42 percent being pegged in the Harvard report as independent. 04/15/04 14:20 ET Copyright 2004 Reuters Limited.