Gallup polls for the week of Oct. 6 indicate a vast majority of college-age voters support Sen. Barack Obama with 65 percent of 18- to 29-year-old registered voters showing support for him in the upcoming presidential election compared to 31 percent who support Sen. John McCain for president in the election.An Oct. 15 Ipsos/McClatchy poll said Obama is leading McCain with 48 percent of all voters saying he will win the Nov. 4 election. McCain received 39 percent of votes in the poll.——Contact Lindsey Meaux at [email protected]
Polls: Majority of college-aged voters support Obama
October 15, 2008