|
Mirroring
the strong support
for John Kerry from the GMHS student body, 60 percent of the faculty
and staff voted for the Democratic candidate in a mock election
conducted by Lasso Online today. However, George Bush garnered 36
percent of the staff vote, while he was favored by only 23.6 percent of
the students.
Fifty-three staff
members,
just under half of the 111 eligible voters, participated in the poll,
in comparison to the over 74 percent of students. Still, the percentage
of Kerry supporters was almost identical -- 61.3 percent of the
students and 60 percent of the staff. In sharp contrast to the
students' 14.6 percent support for Ralph Nader, the third-party
candidate received only 4 percent of the staff votes.
The results of
this poll would
seem to reflect the political inclinations of Virginia' 8th
Congressional District, but are in opposition to that of the remainder
of the State, which political observers predict will cast a majority
vote for Bush in the real presidential election on November 2.
|
