MyCollegeOptions.org 2008
Presidential Election Student Vote
(Lee’s Summit, MO) –My College Options®, the
nation’s largest College Planning Program, released today the full
results of the 2008 Presidential Election
Student Vote. This program has allowed 69,753 of our nation’s high school
students to weigh in on this year’s election.
Each year millions of High School students tell My College
Options about their post-secondary plans in exchange for guidance and
connections with colleges and universities.
This year, with the country focused on the election, we let the students
chime in about this historic event and gave them a chance to let their voices
be heard.
Over the last several weeks, in thousands of classrooms
across the country, ballots were distributed, completed and returned to Missouri for
tabulation. Along with the candidate
choice, we asked important questions on the issues facing the country today.
While this program is not a traditional vote, it is
substantially more significant than opinion polls. This data can be generalized to the
population of High School students with a margin of error less that +/-1% and
represents students from all 50 states, across all ethnicities, income levels
and political persuasions.
Results:
Which presidential candidate would you vote for?
A. John McCain 35.8%
B. Barack Obama 57.7%
C. Other 6.6%
If you registered today,
would you register as a…
A. Democrat 37.8%
B. Independent 34.4%
C. Republican ` 27.8%
What is the single most important issue the new president
needs to solve?
A. The Economy 57.7%
B. Education 5.4%
C. Energy Policy 4.2%
D. Health Care 7.0%
E. Immigration 5.2%
F. International Relations 2.2%
G. National Debt 8.1%
H. Social Security 1.2%
I. Terrorism 9.1%
For more information on My
College Options, please visit www.mycollegeoptions.org
For more information, questions, state by state break
downs, or the full data set from responding students, please email Ryan Munce
at ryan@mycollegeoptions.org.