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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Biden and Sanders' places at the top of the line aren't a huge surprise given their name recognition and 2016 track record, respectively. What's more shocking is Buttigieg's recent rise, even as a relative no-name whose political experience is limited to being the mayor of Indiana's fourth largest city. His ascent has largely been chalked up to his folksy yet prodigious vibe, which GQ's Julia Ioffe sums up under more blatant terms.
The College Reaction poll surveyed 1,052 college students online from April 4-8, with a margin of error of 3 percentage points. Find the full survey here.
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