Young Americans prefer Obama to McCain: poll

Washington, Nov 1 (PTI) Democratic Presidential candidate
Barack Obama is more popular than his Republican rival John
McCain among the younger generations of Americans, a new poll
has found.

The poll, conducted by CBS News, The Chronicle of Higher
Education and UWire ahead of November 4 elections, said in a
generally believed conservative campus of Miami University at
Oxford, Ohio, 59 percent of the students planning to vote,
are supporting Obama against 37 percent to McCain.

Further it is being pointed out that of the 25,000
students polled at four-year colleges and universities in
Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Colorado, more than 60
per cent preferred Obama to McCain.

In fact The Miami Student, the campus newspaper, has
endorsed Obama by a majority decision of the editorial board
stressing the candidate's strengths on a number of domestic
and foreign policy issues.

"... This election will occur as America continues to
find itself in the middle of two state-building exercises and
a global war on terror.While this board has some reservations,
Obama has the chance to move beyond a black-and- white view on
international issues and place the U.S. in a position to
regain the role of world leader," the paper said.

"There is also hope that Obama will allow us to end our
involvement in Iraq and move toward a more negotiation-led
foreign policy," it said.

"Sen Joe Biden's... experience in foreign matters is
also a strong boon to the Obama ticket and will hopefully
balance out concerns about Obama's rhetoric on issues like
Russia and Pakistan," it added.

Students at the Miami of Ohio, for instance, have said
that the economy was the most important issue of the campaign,
followed by foreign policy, healthcare, environmental and
energy policies and finally education. PTI SK
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