The Daily News surveyed students, faculty and staff this week, encouraging members of the Ball State community to express their views on the upcoming election Nov. 8.
From Oct. 25 to Nov. 3, 1,000 survey responses were recorded. Participants were asked to share their preferences about presidential candidates, and those registered to vote in Indiana were asked to share thoughts about Indiana gubernatorial and senator candidates. Hillary Clinton took the lead with 58.19 percent of survey votes for president. On the Indiana ballot, John Gregg collected 60.2 percent of survey votes for governor, and Evan Bayh took 55.58 percent of survey votes for the state senate seat.
This short, voluntary poll was only available to Ball State students, faculty and staff with a registered @bsu.edu email, and responses from each user were only recorded once. Although the poll was confidential, its voluntary design is not necessarily representative of the campus community at-large.
"It's not a random sample, and people [who took the survey] are just deciding to do it on their own," said Joseph Losco, the chair of the political science department. "But you know, we call this a kind of straw poll, the kind of thing that is useful and gets a kind of pulse."
Below are the initial results from the Daily News Election Poll. Look for more coverage from the poll on Monday, Nov. 7.
Editor's note: If you would like to share your views about the upcoming election with the Daily News, please email news@bsudailynews.com.
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