Students in the class Election 2008: Politics, Polling and the Youth Vote, conducted and published a poll on USAToday.com that focused on the upcoming presidential election.
Professor Dotty Lynch's class worked with USA Today, Gallup and MTV and conducted two surveys, one from Sept. 18 to 29, and the other from Oct. 13 to 19. The first survey focused on "candidate perceptions and political media," while the other on important issues to young people, according to an AU press release.
Among their findings, the class concluded that Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is the preferred candidate in this year's election. They also concluded that young voters are most concerned with the economy when it comes to this year's election, while worries about health care and the job market came in second and third respectively.
-ANNA TUMAN
