Ahead of Election Day, Kaleidoscope conducted anonymous polling of the Ward Melville student body to see how students would vote if they were eligible. We received 315 responses from students, and the results are summarized below. Ward Melville has approximately 1500 students, so over 20% of all students responded to this poll.
Of those who responded, 88 (27.9%) were sophomores, 134 (42.5%) were juniors and 93 (29.5%) were seniors. 24.1% of respondents said they were “very informed” about politics, 55.9% said they were “somewhat informed,” 16.8% said they were “not very informed” and 3.2% said they were “not informed at all.”
*Not all percentages will total to 100% due to rounding.
Top Issues:
Students’ top three issues were inflation & prices, climate change & the environment and abortion. The issues that the fewest students indicated were among their top concerns were types of Supreme Court justices a candidate would appoint, criminal justice reform and civil liberties.
President and Vice President:
US Senate:
House of Representatives:
Read Kaleidoscope‘s interview with John Avlon, the Democratic candidate for Congress in New York’s 1st Congressional District, here: https://kscopenews.com/10669/features/an-interview-with-john-avlon-democratic-candidate-for-congress/
NY State Senate:
Read Kaleidoscope‘s interviews with both State Senate candidates in the 1st District below.
Anthony Palumbo, Republican: https://kscopenews.com/10671/features/an-interview-with-anthony-palumbo-state-senator-district-1/
Sarah Anker, Democrat: https://kscopenews.com/10688/features/an-interview-with-sarah-anker-democratic-candidate-for-state-senate-district-1/
NY State Assembly:
Read Kaleidoscope‘s interviews with both State Assembly candidates in the 4th District below.
Ed Flood, Republican: https://kscopenews.com/10666/features/an-interview-with-ed-flood-state-assemblyman-district-4/
Rebecca Kassay, Democrat: https://kscopenews.com/10682/features/an-interview-with-rebecca-kassay-democratic-candidate-for-state-assembly-district-4/
Ballot Proposal One – Equal Rights Amendment:
Ballot Proposal Two – Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act:
Read about the Suffolk County Water Quality Restoration Act here: https://kscopenews.com/10708/news/on-the-ballot-suffolk-county-water-quality-restoration-act/
Kaleidoscope thanks all of the students who participated in the survey. Election Day is this Tuesday, November 5. Polls are open from 6 a.m. – 9 p.m. Find your polling place here: https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov/
To learn more about any of the candidates, check out our ‘Elections 2024’ print edition here: https://kscopenews.com/10705/news/kaleidoscope-presents-elections-2024-print-edition/
