The Clarion surveyed about 10% of the Bethel University student body to see which candidates they were voting for. About 59% of students said they will vote for Trump-Vance, while about 25% of students said they will vote for Harris-Walz. 2% will vote for a third-party candidate. 12% will not vote for anybody.
In 2020, the Clarion found that Bethel students were more evenly split. It anonymously surveyed 146 students before the election, finding that about 46% of Bethel students would vote for Donald Trump and 38% would vote for Joe Biden.
What most influences how you vote or voted in this 2024 presidential election?
“I would say pro life and pro choice and the topic of abortion is one of the biggest things…also the general reputation and the attitudes in which both candidates have been conducting themselves in the interviewing. And I would say that my family also impacts where I stand.”
–Hope Kim, PSEO exploratory major
How was this data collected?
On Monday Nov. 4th, Clarion reporters roamed the academic buildings asking students to fill out an anonymous survey regarding the 2024 presidential election. 235 students responded. Despite the unscientific nature of this data collection, Joel Frederickson, associate dean of institutional assessment, confirmed that this sample size was large enough to create an accurate reflection of the student body’s overall opinion.
Additional reporting by reporting and principles of editing students.