Burnt Orange Report

Final UT Prop 2 Polling Data

By Karl-Thomas Musselman

I'll be busy all day and through the night with election activities on campus. Returns will be available from the Secretary of State site tonight here. Polls will be open from 7am - 7pm today so be sure to go cast your votes against Amendment #2.

I know I havn't listed how I voted on all these issues, but honestly, you are safe voting against all the amendments, but for all the bond issues (if you live in Travis County that is). Below the fold is the final UT polling data, which is very encouraging.

"These statistics were one component of the Student Government Survey Research Agency's fall student survey. 2,465 students were polled and the margin of error is ± 2.0%. Full results are available on the Student Government website, www.utsg.org."

1. Overall support
* 26.9% FOR
* 73.1% AGAINST

2. Among registered (71.9%)
* 26.3% FOR
* 73.7% AGAINST

3. Among intended voters (46.3%)
* 21.5% FOR
* 78.5% AGAINST

4. By political affiliation
a. Very Liberal (9.5%)
* 2.1% FOR
* 97.9% AGAINST
b. Liberal (32.7%)
* 6.5% FOR
* 93.5% AGAINST
c. Moderate (32.1%)
* 25.0% FOR
* 75.0% AGAINST
d. Conservative (18.1%)
* 68.3% FOR
* 31.7% AGAINST
e. Very Conservative (4%)
* 95% FOR
* 5% AGAINST
f. Other (3.6%)
* 11.0% FOR
* 89.0% AGAINST

5. By gender
a. Female (55%)
* 22.6% FOR
* 77.4% AGAINST
b. Male (45%)
* 32.3% FOR
* 67.7% AGAINST

6. By ethnicity
a. White / Caucasian (64.7%)
* 27.2% FOR
* 72.8% AGAINST
b. Hispanic or Latino (13.4%)
* 24.4% FOR
* 75.6% AGAINST
c. African American / Black (2.9%)
* 34.4% FOR
* 65.6% AGAINST
d. Asian / Asian American (14.9%)
* 27.9% FOR
* 72.1% AGAINST
e. Native American (.5%)
* 63.6% FOR
* 36.4% AGAINST
f. Other (3.6%)
* 16.0% FOR
* 84.0% AGAINST

7. By college
a. Architecture (1.2%)
* 16.0% FOR
* 84.0% AGAINST
b. Business (12.9%)
* 35.7% FOR
* 64.3% AGAINST
c. Communications (10.0%)
* 21.9% FOR
* 78.1% AGAINST
d. Education (5.7%)
* 32.2% FOR
* 67.8% AGAINST
e. Engineering (13.6%)
* 33.8% FOR
* 66.2% AGAINST
f. Fine Arts (4.6%)
* 17.5% FOR
* 82.5% AGAINST
g. Geosciences (.9%)
* 20.0% FOR
* 80.0% AGAINST
h. Information (.8%)
* 17.6% FOR
* 82.4% AGAINST
i. Law (2.2%)
* 21.7% FOR
* 78.3% AGAINST
j. Liberal Arts (30.2%)
* 22.0% FOR
* 78.0% AGAINST
k. Natural Sciences (19.4%)
* 28.3% FOR
* 71.7% AGAINST
l. Nursing (1.7%)
* 38.9% FOR
* 61.1% AGAINST
m. Pharmacy (.8%)
* 31.3% FOR
* 68.8% AGAINST
n. Public Affairs (1%)
* 4.8% FOR
* 95.2% AGAINST
o. Social Work (1.4%)
* 6.7% FOR
* 93.3% AGAINST