It seems that college kids are not as dumb as they look.
Vehement liberalism may have a constant presence on college campuses, but I am glad to see that a solid proportion of college students refuse to buy into the “Bush is stupid, the war is stupid” propaganda machine.

Here is a slap in the face to all those communist professors who preach rather than reason.


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A fascinating poll released yesterday by Harvard’s Institute of Politics shows President Bush's approval rating among college students at 61%, well above his most recent national average of 50.5%. Here are the money lines:

Looking at the internals things get even more surprising. The 1,202 students surveyed have a much different impression of which direction the country is headed in than the public at large: 46% saying we're going moving in the right direction vs. 43% saying we're not. That's a +3 spread, a significant difference versus the three most recent national polls that show negative spreads of 18, 15 and 16 points, respectively. Democrats may be inclined to dismiss the discrepancy as "youthful optimism", but it's probably something more than that.

You might be inclined to think the war is a top priority among college students because many of them oppose it so passionately. Not true. Fifty-eight percent of respondents support the war in Iraq (including 30% who "strongly support" it) while only 37% oppose the war (with only 17% of those "strongly" opposing it).

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/commentary.html#10_23_03_0805