April 18, 2007
POLL: Harris/Harvard 18-24 National Survey
A new Harvard Institute of Politics online survey (release, analysis, results) of 2,923 adults ages 18-24 (conducted 3/8 through 3/26 by Harris Interactive) finds:
- 31% approve of the job Bush is doing as president; 69% disapprove
- Among 1,380 likely Democratic primary voters, Sen. Barack Obama leads Sen. Hillary Clinton (35% to 29%) in a national primary; former Sen. John Edwards trails at 9%.
- Among 839 likely Republican primary voters, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani leads Sen. John McCain (31% to 18%) in a national primary; former Gov. Mitt Romney trails with 8%.
By Eric Dienstfrey on April 18, 2007 11:06 AM | Permalink
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Nope, this was not a typo, but again keep in mind this was an online survey of 18 to 24 year olds, not a survey of all Democrats.
Also yesterday, NYTimes says "Seems younger people are more supportive of the war and the president than any other age group."
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/17/us/politics/18web-elder.html
"Forty percent of 18-29 year olds said Mr. Bush was doing a good job..." followed closely by a paragraph seemingly placed to mislead the reader into a false sense of confidence of the subsample result saying the poll overall (but not the subsample) had error of plus or minus three percentage points.
NYTimes: landline survey, 18-29
Harvard: online survey, 18-24
Harvard also found only 48% of 18-24 agegroup has a landline...thought Mystery Pollster might find the contrast interesting.
Is that a typo, or is this the first national poll in which Obama leads?
Posted on April 18, 2007 1:00 PM