<p>So, everyone, get out and vote! (No political opinions here...there are plenty of other forums for that!) </p>
<p>Now, you might ask why I am not posting this in the Parents section. Well, all of you students need to do your part and remind all the adults to take time out of their day to exercise their constitutional right.</p>
<p>Enjoy the day.</p>
<p>Yup, yup, although I would just LOVE to say, "Go Obama!", I'll try to restrain myself. ;)</p>
<p>As they say in Pennsylvania: Vote early and vote often.</p>
<p>I just got back from voting and asked if they had been steady. The election worker told me that they had as many votes as did at 9:00pm in 2004.</p>
<p>obama.please.</p>
<p>Students and faculty at SPS were polled their choice for president, and the numbers came back.</p>
<p>76% students for Obama
24% McCain</p>
<p>93% faculty for Obama
7% for McCain</p>
<p>Obviously a very liberal school, as we already know.</p>
<p>Article in the NY Times yesterday on how professors' liberal stance doesn't seem to impact student views. I would guess the same would be true of boarding school students. Many educational institutions have a more liberal bias than the overall population. </p>
<p>Or in this case, it could be a sign of the intelligence of the SPS faculty and students. ;)</p>
<p>Middlesex polled too.
76 votes went to Obama
I want to say 12 went to McCain?
and 2 for "other"</p>
<p>would love to vote, but can't :( not old enough yet, but i'm definetly voting next election</p>
<p>Mccain. owOWW.</p>
<p>I just got back from voting for the first time!</p>
<p>Personally, I'd vote for McCain if I could, but I still don't want him. In my oppinion though he's just the lesser of two "evils". (No flaming, just a cliche. :))</p>
<p>I can't vote till 2012, but I'd vote for Obama. Not because I like the idea of bigger government--quite contrary, actually--but because I think he's a far more capable leader.</p>
<p>I just want to say, as a complete political nut (I'm really into politics, haha) I thought that both John McCain and Barack Obama were gracious and extremely eloquent tonight. McCain seemed like his old self again, and he redeemed himself slightly in my eyes.</p>
<p>Both speeches made me cry, lol. But I think it's truly amazing. America made history tonight! :D.</p>
<p>Yes we can, lol.</p>
<p>I'm looking forward to that day when I can say, "Back in the Obama days..." LOL :)</p>
<p>I'm proud to be an American!</p>
<p>It also always amazes me, though, to hear how some people will say "Well, I'm really liberal, but I can't vote for a black man" (something someone told my BLACK French teacher, but not at school). Really? So you would go against all of your political values just to deny someone their rights?</p>
<p>Hey I'm new to the board and proud to call Barack my next president!</p>
<p>But I had question regarding exeter. Can any current students tell me if it is a more liberal or conservative campus? Thanks :)</p>
<p>Most of the BS campuses will be Liberal.</p>
<p>That's just how things turn out.</p>
<p>From the Exeter web site:</p>
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Exeter's student newspaper, The Exonian, recently surveyed the PEA community. With 365 students responding, the results showed 71% for Obama, 15% for McCain, and 7% respectively for "Other" and "Don't Know." Of the 40 faculty who responded, 88% supported Obama, 10% McCain, and 2% "Don't Know."
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<p>Given that the national exit polling showed that voters in the 18-24 age group supported Obama over McCain by 68-30 (which is much more than the overall 53-46 spread), I think that you will find a similar demographic at most boarding schools. The exception may be schools that get large portions of their students from the Deep South, as these were the areas of the country that voted more Republican in 2008 vs. 2004.</p>
<p>From the Brooks School web site:</p>
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Brooks Presidential Election Results
Students in two sections of an AP U.S. Government and Politics class campaigned for the Presidential candidates in a campus-wide mock vote, which took place electronically on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The results are in:</p>
<p>335 Total Student Ballots</p>
<p>183, or 55 percent, for Barack Obama </p>
<p>152, or 45 percent, for John McCain
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<p>These results are pretty close to the national percentages that each candidate received.</p>