November 26, 2004

Students Backed Senator Kerry by Wide Margin, Studies Find

By ELIZABETH F. FARRELL

College students supported Sen. John Kerry over President Bush by a much wider margin than did the total number of voters in the 18- to 29-year-old age group, according to an analysis of election data by The Chronicle and a survey of voters released last week by Declare Yourself, a nonpartisan group that encourages young people to vote.

The Chronicle found that a majority of the 40,000 college students who cast ballots at a total of 12 campus polling stations in five battleground

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