By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-09-25 20:41:19 | Updated at 2024-09-30 23:31:29
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Students at the University of Notre Dame appear more willing to support former President Donald Trump according to a shocking new poll.
The Irish Rover surveyed 705 likely student voters between September 15 and September 18 soliciting their choice for president.
The poll showed that 47.6 percent of students favored Trump for president while 45.9 percent favored Kamala Harris.
The results shows that 5.5 percent of students chose a candidate whose name was not included in the poll and only four votes for Green Party's Jill Stein and two votes for Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver.
Students at the University of Notre Dame may be more supportive of former President Donald Trump according to a new poll
The polling results mark a surprising shift toward Trump despite a long over 12-year history of a majority of Notre Dame students preferring the Democratic nominee for president.
A 2020 Notre Dame Student Government mock election results showed that 66 percent of students favored Joe Biden for president while only 29 percent preferred Trump.
A 2016 mock election showed that 59 percent favored Hillary Clinton and only 24 percent selected Trump.
The poll demonstrated a gender divide among the student body between those supporting Trump versus Harris.
Fifty-seven percent of men chose Trump while 35 percent of men chose Harris. Likewise, 57 percent of women on campus supported Harris with only 38 percent supporting Trump.
Harris needs support from Catholic voters if she is going to win important swing states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
The poll of students at Notre Dame is different than slightly different than polls of American Catholic voters overall.
An EWTN/RealClearPolitics poll of Catholic voters showed that 50 percent of Catholic voters plan to support Kamala Harris for President, while 43 percent support Trump.
The poll featuring 1,000 Catholic voters was conducted August 28-30, 2024 with a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.
