{"id":1869,"date":"2020-01-30T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T14:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/?p=1869"},"modified":"2020-02-03T08:33:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T13:33:23","slug":"a-glimpse-into-student-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/theogony\/2019-2020\/a-glimpse-into-student-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"A Glimpse Into Student Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Warren Holds Strong Lead Among TC Seniors<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Nikki Harris and Rachel Wilson<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

With the Iowa caucus fast approaching, many students must decide which candidates to support. A new poll conducted by Theogony<\/em> from December 13 to January 7 found Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) leads the field of Democratic presidential candidates at 16 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The poll was taken by 170 seniors who will be able to vote in the Virginia primary election on March 3 and has a margin of error of 5.1 percent. The respondents were 54 percent white, 22 percent Latinx, 16 percent African American, and 8 percent Asian American or Native American.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warren was trailed by former Vice President Joe Biden at 11 percent, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) at 9 percent, Andrew Yang at 8 percent and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 8 percent. Every other candidate fell in the low single digits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warren\u2019s lead challenges that Sanders is the only candidate who can compel a base of young voters with typically low turnout. \u201cThe people who support [Warren] are highly educated, more affluent people who are going to show up and vote Democratic no matter what,\u201d a canvassing script–obtained by POLITICO–from Sanders\u2019s campaign said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanders\u2019 support from voters under 30 in the 2016 primary election was 25 percent greater than Trump\u2019s and Clinton\u2019s combined, according to The Washington Post<\/em>. Sanders is now competing for the progressive vote with Warren, who has framed herself as a uniter of the progressive and moderate factions of the Democratic party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buttigieg fell in second place among white voters at 13 percent, while being at 3 percent with Latinx voters and 0 percent with African American and Asian American voters. These numbers mark his struggle to connect with voters of color, a key voting bloc of the Democratic electorate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanders closely led African American voters at 17 percent, with Warren and Biden following at 14 percent. Biden holds a formidable lead among older African American voters in South Carolina, the fourth state to vote in the country, but Sanders and Warren have higher support among young African American voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

47 percent of respondents are only somewhat certain they will vote for their candidate of choice, a sign of what is shaping to be a volatile race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

57 percent of respondents plan to vote in the primary, while 23 percent do not and 20 percent might. These numbers compare a 50 percent turnout in the 2016 general election, according to Tufts University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

5.1 percent of respondents intend to vote for President Trump in the general election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

39 percent of African American respondents said they were not voting in the upcoming election. This closely matches the 2016 general election, which had 60 percent African American turnout, according to a Pew Research Center poll in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first four states to vote–Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina–narrow the field and determine the fate of the race before more populous states, including Virginia, vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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