November 02, 2004
*Shocking* Results of A Straw Poll of the Profs. in my Dept.
I asked every single full-time faculty member of my department who they voted for. Here are the
shocking results.
Kerry=9
Bush=2
No vote or declined to state=2
Among the nine Kerry voters, seven say they would have preferred to vote for Ralph Nader. Of the two Bush supporters, one is an untenured political-scientist (wink-wink) and the other is a Full Professor of History with a specialty in military history. One Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice did not vote on prinicple, he is a Libertarian--although I openly speculated to him that he was a convicted felon. One Full Professor of History declined the invitation to state who he had voted for.
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Posted by: Sharp as a Marble at November 02, 2004 12:37 PM (VxPRK)
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I won't say what college i'm attending as a student but I talked to a staff member of the college and he says that most of the staff wants kerry in "because they'll increase funding to the colleges." well, this person is also not going to wait to see if the college renews its contract with him as this person is now looking elsewhere for a job. Funny thing is colleges and universities are being run like city, state and federal governments. They hike the prices on everyone for the services while offering less and less all the while the higher ups in the administration raise their own bloated saleries. Gee, sounds so fimilar.
Posted by: Andre at November 02, 2004 12:39 PM (hD5mx)
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Well, I'm not surprised considering that in my "academic ivory tower" I'm either the only one who voted for the President or one of 2 out of maybe 30 people.
But that increased funding argument doesn't hold water. Bush actually doubled NIH funding and clarified some aspects of funding policy. Dems don't want to remember that.....
Posted by: caltechgirl at November 02, 2004 12:59 PM (ce0nc)
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Grasping at straws now, eh??
Posted by: Laura at November 02, 2004 01:28 PM (ptOpl)
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What's shocking about the results? What the general public thinks about much of the academic community was much discussed right here less than a week ago.
Posted by: greyrooster at November 02, 2004 04:24 PM (CBNGy)
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