Even college students aren't putting a woman candidate in their top 5 2020 picks

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It turns out college students want to elect the same old white men as everyone else.

Just like pretty much every poll out there, a new survey from university news site College Reaction shows college students have chosen former Vice President Joe Biden as their top 2020 pick across the political spectrum. After Biden, five more white men fall in line before we reach a woman candidate, making it clear that the supposedly more progressive college crowd isn't too different after all.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.