After a semester-long series of election-season lectures and debates, more than 6,000 Cornell students cast their votes on the U.S. Presidential race in a student-sponsored "mock election."
Democratic challenger John Kerry defeated President George W. Bush, 4,264 votes, or 70 percent, to 1,327 votes, or 22 percent.
Among female voters, Kerry received 2,279 votes (78 percent) to Bush's 515 votes (18 percent.) Male students gave Kerry 1,936 votes (63 percent) to Bush's 791 votes (26 percent.) Undergraduate and graduate students were all eligible to vote online between Oct. 18 and Oct. 21. In total there were 6,067 votes cast.
While freshmen overall favored Kerry, there was a higher percentage of Bush supporters among them than upperclassmen.
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