FALL$2012$ELECTION$REPORT$ 1! ! ! ! Do!you!hold!a!mostly!favorable!or!mostly!unfavorable!opinion!of!Barack! Obama!and!Mitt!Romney?! ! ! ! Obama! Romney! Favorable! 80%! 21%! Unfavorable! 21%! 79%! ! ! Where!do!you!identify!on!the!political!spectrum?! ! ! ! ! Social! ! Right!
Economic! Left!
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4%!
2%!
0%
1%
4%!
10%
3%!
3%
7%!
18%
13%
5%
9%!
17%!
4%!
2%!
Social! Left!
Economic! Right!
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FALL$2012$ELECTION$REPORT$ 2!
! ! Who!do!you!agree!with!more!on!the!following!issues?! ! ! ! Obama! Role!of!Government! 73%! Taxes! 80%! Job!Creation! 74%! Economic!regulation! 72%! Debt! 68%! Healthcare! 81%! Entitlements! 73%! Energy! 84%! Immigration! 85%! U.S.’s!role!in! 84%! international!affairs! National!defense! 82%! War! 85%! Israel!and!Iran! 81%! Education! 86%! Abortion! 86%! SameNsex!marriage! 91%! Gun!control! 80%! Environment! 88%! ! ! !
Romney! 27%! 20%! 26%! 28%! 32%! 19%! 27%! 16%! 15%! 16%! 18%! 15%! 19%! 14%! 14%! 9%! 20%! 12%!
FALL$2012$ELECTION$REPORT$ 3! ! ! ! Are!you!going!to!vote!in!the!2012!presidential!election?! ! No! 15%! ! ! ! Why!not?! ! ! I!am!not!a!U.S.!citizen.!! ! 61%! ! I!don’t!feel!sufficiently!informed.!! 7%! ! I!don’t!like!any!candidate.! ! 3%! ! I!did!not!register.!! ! ! 9%! ! I!am!not!old!enough.!! ! 12%! ! Other:!
“Politics!makes!me!angry.!Anger!is!a!sin.!To!become!politically!involved!(even!just! voting)!or!informed!is!not!worth!that!anger!which!distracts!from!more!worthwhile! pursuits.”! “won’t!affect!my!state’s!outcome”! “1)!I!refuse!to!be!part!of!such!an!obviously!and!destructively!flawed!electoral! process.!2)!My!vote!has!no!bearing!on!the!outcome!of!the!election!3)!At!least!poor! voterXturnout!will!helps!shed!light!on!the!ineptitudes!of!the!electoral!process”! !“Voting!for!Obama!in!CA”! “too!tedious!absentee!ballot”! “I!am!from!Puerto!Rico!and!can!only!vote!for!governor”!
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85%! Will!you!cast!your!ballot!in!Connecticut!or!as!an!absentee?! Connecticut! ! Absentee! !
45%! 55%!
For!whom!will!you!vote?! Obama/Biden!! Romney/Ryan! Johnson/Gray!! Stein/Honkala! Undecided! ! Other:!! !
77%! 14%! 2%! 0%! 7%! “Sandry/Mahmoud”! ! !
“Richard!Levin”!
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By!Gender:!! ! ! Women:! !
Obama/Biden!! Romney/Ryan! Johnson/Gray!! Stein/Honkala! Undecided! ! ! Men:! ! Obana/Biden!! Romney/Ryan! Johnson/Gray!! Stein/Honkala! Undecided! !
81%! 10%! 2%! 0%! 7%!
73%! 19%! 2%! 0%! 7%!
! By!Residential!College:! ! !
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College! Berkeley! Branford! Calhoun! Davenport! ! Ezra!stiles! J.!Edwards! Morse! Pierson! Saybrook! Silliman! T.!Dwight! Trumbull!
Obama! 71%! 71%! 74%! 71%! 91%! 83%! 75%! 83%! 81%! 66%! 88%! 66%!
Romney! 16%! 14%! 19%! 23%! 7%! 11%! 18%! 11%! 13%! 11%! 9%! 20%!
Johnson! 0%! 2%! 0%! 0%! 0%! 3%! 5%! 0%! 3%! 6%! 3%! 3%!
Undecided! 13%! 12%! 7%! 6%! 2%! 3%! 2%! 7%! 3%! 17%! 0%! 11%!
Johnson! 3%! 1%! 2%! 3%!
Undecided! 11%! 5%! 7%! 6%!
! By!Year:! ! !
Year! Freshman! Sophomore! Junior! Senior!
Obama! 72%! 81%! 75%! 77%!
Romney! 13%! 13%! 16%! 15%!
FALL$2012$ELECTION$REPORT$ 5! ! ! ! Do!you!support!Chris!Murphy!(D)!or!Linda!McMahon!(R)!as!Joe!Lieberman’s! replacement!in!the!Senate?! ! Murphy! 80%! McMahon! 20%! ! ! ! As!Richard!Levin!prepares!to!retire!as!Yale!President,!do!you!hold!a!favorable! or!unfavorable!view!of!him?! ! Favorable! 77%! Unfavorable! 23%! ! ! ! Would!you!support!or!oppose!Hillary!Clinton!becoming!the!next!president!of! Yale?! ! Support! 77%! Oppose! 23%! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! The$ Politic$ sent! out! an! email! to! 2500! randomly! selected! Yale! undergraduate! students! at! 8:00! p.m.! on! Monday,! October! 8,! 2012.! ! In! the! next! 48! hours,! 536! students! responded,! yielding! a! margin! of! error! of! ±3.75%! (assuming! a! 95%! confidence!interval).!!Report!prepared!by!David!Steiner.! ! ! COPYRIGHT!©!2012!THE!POLITIC.!ALL!RIGHTS!RESERVED.! !
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