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Axios Poll: More Than a Third of College Students Say They’ll ‘Likely’ Protest If Trump Wins Election, Survey Says
Conservative Daily News ^ | 10/16/2020 | Mary Rose Corkery

Posted on 10/16/2020 8:40:08 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Around 40% of college students said they will likely or certainly protest if President Donald Trump wins the election, according to an Axios poll released Friday.

Exactly 22% of students surveyed said they are ‘likely’ to protest and 17% said they will ‘certainly’ protest should Trump win the 2020 election, the College Reaction/Axios survey found. More students, 30%, said they would not protest if Trump won and 31% said they are not likely to protest a Trump victory.

“The dissatisfaction with the status quo is also reflected by the number of students who are willing to protest Trump reelection with 40% of college students saying they will likely or certainly participate in protests,” the survey said.

Only 1% said they are “absolutely certain” to protest if Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins the election, according to the survey. Almost three quarters, 70%, said they “absolutely will not” protest if Biden wins the 2020 election.

The survey also found that 2% said they are likely to protest while 27% said they are unlikely to protest should Biden win. When asked, “If someone you know does not vote even though they can, will you address, confront, or otherwise convey disappointment towards them?” more than half, 61%, said that they would or probably would, according to the survey.

Almost a quarter, 24%, said they probably will not confront nonvoting acquaintances and 16% said “definitely not” for the same question, according to the survey.

“We found that young people are bummed by the state of the nation. More than 75% believe race relations, America’s standing in the world, and safety have plunged since 2016,” Cyrus Beschloss, founder of College Reaction, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

“Most students support Joe Biden, so a Trump win would naturally sting most. But what we learned is that it would also spark swift demonstrations, rather than empty rants. Civic engagement is cool now,” Beschloss continued.

The survey was conducted via email Oct. 6 – 7 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3%. The poll was done “from a representative sample of 872 college students,” according to the survey methodology.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: axios; college; collegestudents; poll; protest; riots
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1 posted on 10/16/2020 8:40:08 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

So their numbers will actually be down and the protest smaller?


2 posted on 10/16/2020 8:41:25 PM PDT by JoSixChip (Its not about color, its about character.)
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To: JoSixChip

and?


3 posted on 10/16/2020 8:41:50 PM PDT by FightforFreedomCA (We have this obligation, without delay! ~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: SeekAndFind

This college instructor will be happy to fight back. Not going to lay down for these brainwashed little brats.


4 posted on 10/16/2020 8:42:28 PM PDT by american_ranger (Our family motto is being miserable builds character.)
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To: SeekAndFind

You cannot overstate the wokeness on college campuses today.


5 posted on 10/16/2020 8:42:29 PM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Strange that a man with his wealth would have to resort to prostitution.)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Stop funding the student loans until the rioting stops...

Easy peasy.


6 posted on 10/16/2020 8:43:48 PM PDT by cgbg (Masters don't want slaves talking about masters and slaves.)
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To: JoSixChip

“Mostly peaceful”, like the BLM subhuman filth?
SHOOT THEM!


7 posted on 10/16/2020 8:44:14 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Protest...just don’t vote.


8 posted on 10/16/2020 8:45:34 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (2020: Broken glass election : Republic or no Republic.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s just terrible that they don’t understand why we vote.


9 posted on 10/16/2020 8:46:01 PM PDT by Clean_Sweep
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To: SeekAndFind
Around 40% of college students said they will likely or certainly protest if President Donald Trump wins the election

"Protest" what?

The 1st amendment gives the right "to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." If President Trump wins a second term, what "redress" will this "protest" expect?

-PJ

10 posted on 10/16/2020 8:49:46 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: SeekAndFind

They can protest all they want, it won’t make any difference, same as it never made any difference in 2016.
They can go join Hunter in smoking a cack pipe.


11 posted on 10/16/2020 8:50:23 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SeekAndFind

They vote in small numbers. No doubt they will throw their Temper Tantrums. After the fact. I can deal with that.


12 posted on 10/16/2020 8:53:06 PM PDT by ocrp1982
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To: SeekAndFind
So why doesn't the ConservativeDailyNews headline read "61% likey won't protest ?"

and why did they use the worse AXIOM headline "College Reaction poll: More college students would protest Trump win" ?
13 posted on 10/16/2020 8:54:02 PM PDT by stylin19a ( 2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: SeekAndFind
The rabid leftists at Axios, a scion of Politico, are not interested in “news”, “journalism” or anything of the kind. Their purpose is their leftist agenda, force fed down the throat of the naive public's gullet, in any way or manner possible--truth be damned.
14 posted on 10/16/2020 8:54:09 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw
If allegedly 20% of campuses are in-person this fall then that suggests that about 80% of students are at home. Mom and Dad won't likely let Mary or Johnny go protest.

Thus, I call BS on the polling data.

15 posted on 10/16/2020 8:55:01 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: Fungi

It is called Agitprop—Agitation and Propaganda.

That is what the leftist media do, and all that they do.


16 posted on 10/16/2020 8:56:08 PM PDT by cgbg (Masters don't want slaves talking about masters and slaves.)
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Axios Poll: More Than a Third of College Students Say They’ll ‘Likely’... stomp their feet and throw a fit


17 posted on 10/16/2020 8:57:13 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: SeekAndFind

18 posted on 10/16/2020 8:57:19 PM PDT by conservative98
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Axios is Comcast


19 posted on 10/16/2020 8:57:32 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: DoodleBob

The students will just burn down their parent’s basement in protest—should be rather amusing as long as you are not the parents.


20 posted on 10/16/2020 8:57:34 PM PDT by cgbg (Masters don't want slaves talking about masters and slaves.)
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