Nearly half of students in an informal Campus Current poll said they plan to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November.
In a poll of 25 students on campus for summer classes, 11 said they will vote for Harris for U.S. president, compared with three students who said they will vote for former President Donald Trump.
Five students said they have not decided which candidate they will vote for, while five said they will not vote and one student will vote for Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“I’ll have more rights [if Harris wins] than probably with Trump,” Salma Sesay, a third-year biology student, said.
According to an August poll by SurveyUSA, 48% of Americans said they will vote for Harris, compared with 45% who said they will vote for Trump. In that poll, 4% said they’re undecided and 3% said they will vote for a lesser-known candidate.
Austin Hodges, a first-year undecided student, said he plans to vote for Harris.
“She aligns the most with what I would expect from someone in office,” Hodges said.
Jamie Blevins, a second-year nursing student, disagreed.
“If anybody can basically, like, change everything … it’s him,” Blevins, who will vote for Trump, said.
Nelson Zheng, a second-year dual-enrolled student, said he will not vote.