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SERVING THE BREVARD COLLEGE
Volume 74, Issue 9 COMMUNITY SINCE 1935 October 31, 2008
WHO ARE BC STUDENTS
VOTING FOR?
Which presidential candidate did/will you vote for?
(1 06 responders)
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Which issue is most important to you?
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Six out of 10 Brevard College students have
voted or will vote for Barack Obama for president,
according to a poll conducted Tuesday and
Wednesday on campus.
The poll of 106 students shows 60 percent
choosing Obama, while only 25 percent chose
John McCain. Nine percent of respondents remain
undecided, and 6 percent said they would be voting
for another candidate.
Roughly half of those
polled said the economy
and jobs was the main issue
to them this election season,
while about one-fourth said
the war in Iraq was the main
issue. Education was the
third most important issue
for those polled, at nearly
20 percent.
Because the poll had a
limited number of responses,
the margin of error is 9
percent—^meaning that there
is a 95 percent confidence
that the actual percentage
of Obama voters at Brevard
is within 9 points, somewhere
in the range from 51 percent
to 69 percent.
Despite this somewhat
high error margin, however,
Obama still garners more
than 50 percent of votes
at Brevard College—a fact
which might play a key role
in the overall vote in North
Carolina, which has for
weeks been a battleground
between Obama and McCain. The aggregate of
polls at Pollster com Thursday afternoon showed
a narrow Obama lead in the Tarheel state, 48.9
percent versus 46.4 for McCain, a difference of
only 2.5 percent.
North Carolina is home to about half the
students polled. Of the 50 respondents who listed
another state as home, 19 students—nearly 40
percent—said they specifically chose to register
in North Carolina. For those who registered in
North Carolina instead of their home state, an
overwhelming majority favored the Democrat:
14 of the 19 picked Obama, compared to just
four for McCain and one undecided.
The poll also asked respondents to pick which
political party they most affiliated themselves
with. Trends here are similar to others in North
Carolina and across the nation, with 38 percent
calling themselves Democrats, 26 percent
Republicans, and 38 percent saying they are
independent. Another three percent identify with
the Libertarian Party.
The vast majority of self-identified Democrats
voted for Obama, but so did seven out of 10
independents, and even 22 percent of Republicans
say they are voting for Obama.
The poll was conducted by members of the COM
316, “Campaign Coverage ’08” class.
One-stop Early Voting ends tomorrow. Polls
in Transylvania County will be open until 6 p.m.
tonight and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday at the
old Transylvania County Library. On Election Day
Tuesday, voters may vote at their regular polling
location from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Complete results of this poll will be available on
The Clarion Web site. (A link to the site is available
in MyBC.)
With reporting by Elyse Veeneman, Zach Hazen,
David Alexander, Dana Ainsworth, and Johnny
Lange
In this issue...
NEWS:
Pitbull let into the Asheville Civic Center;
reports say lipstick distracted security
guards 2
Which candidate's economic policy best
suits your needs? 2
POLITICS:
Find out the cool ways to stump for your
favorite candidate 5
SPORTS:
Football loses to nationally ranked
Carson-Newman 3
Cycling team takes 4th at National
Tournament 7
Men's soccer upsets SAC powerhouse
Lincoln Memorial 7
Alycia Andrade finishes third at South
Atlantic Conference Meet 7
ARTS & LIFE:
Jason DeCristofaro sits down for an
interview with Chiara Chiavello 7
ODDS AND ENDS:
American Hero 8
Homecoming: A Day in Pictures 3
Sign of the Times 8