SANTA CLARA, Calif.,
July 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Chegg
(NYSE: CHGG), the leading student-first connected learning
platform, has announced the launch of Chegg/College Pulse Student
Election tracker, an interactive political poll surveying over
1,500 US students, reporting their views on candidates and leading
issues in the 2020 election. The weekly tracker is powered by
College Pulse, an online survey and analytics company dedicated to
understanding today's college students, and coincided with the
first round of Democratic presidential debates.
The youth and student vote is expected to be critical to the
2020 election cycle. Issues such as student debt and the cost of
college have already been shown to be important electoral issues in
the 2020 Democratic primary, and according to the Census Bureau
voter turn out for 18 to 29 year olds jumped a dramatic 79% between
the 2014 and 2018 elections, the largest increase of any age
group.1
Chegg's own data shows that 80% of College Students intend to
vote in this election.
Following the first two debates, results from students polled on
July 2nd found that Senator
Elizabeth Warren challenged Senator
Bernie Sanders for the Democratic
student vote, while other candidates struggled to attract support.
Highlights from the first set of polling results included:
- Senator Elizabeth
Warren's support surged, rising to second place with
support from 21% of college students, trailing only
Senator Bernie Sanders with
28%.
- Joe Biden's support
plummeted among Democratic college students with only 12% of
Democratic students supporting his candidacy, down from 17%
before the debate.
- Senator Kamala Harris led
a strong debate and although only supported among 7% of
Democratic college students, 26% of students who watched the
debate said Harris exceeded their expectations.
This week's latest polling, conducted yesterday (July 9) and released today, show no dramatic
movements, but continued support for Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, who maintain their leads
respectively, and a further 2% decrease in college students'
support for Biden. The polling results found:
- Bernie Sanders continues
to lead nationally among Democratic college students, with
Elizabeth Warren still in
second place, followed by Joe
Biden.
- Joe Biden saw his support
plummet among Democratic college students following the first
debate, and there has been a further 2% decrease in support
with 10% of Democratic students now supporting his
candidacy, down from 12% last week and 17% two weeks
ago before the debate.
- Since the first Democratic debate Kamala Harris's support has surged. Her
support among Democratic college students is 8%, up from
3% before the debate.
"College students formed a major voting bloc in the 2018
mid-terms, that far exceeded previous turnout. Students are
expected to play a significant role again in both the Democratic
primaries and national election in the 2020 election," says
Dan Rosensweig, CEO & President
of Chegg. "At Chegg, we strongly believe that not only will
students' votes matter in this election, but their views on the
issues that are most important to them - particularly around
student debt - deserve to be heard by today's political leaders and
the leaders of tomorrow."
"College Pulse's unique approach allows us to meet students
where they are, engaging them on a digital survey and analytics
platform that allows them to answer questions freely and honestly,"
said College Pulse CEO Terren Klein.
"With our weekly election tracker, we can help our nation's
political, academic, and business leaders gain access to reliable,
real-time insights into the shifting attitudes of today's young
people."
The second scheduled debate round on July
30 and 31 in Detroit -
where 14 candidates have secured a spot on the debate stage through
donor support and polling - will provide further analysis on the
views of college students.
Complementing polling data from the second debate round, Chegg
and College Pulse will publish regular commentary and analysis on
how the race for the Democratic nomination is being viewed by
students. The first article in this series of commentary can be
read here.
Weekly updates to the student election tracker can be
viewed on Chegg's dedicated webpage, in addition to a weekly
newsletter that can be subscribed to.
Notes to editors:
About Chegg/College Pulse Election Tracker
On a
weekly basis, College Pulse surveys over 1,500 full-time and
part-time students attending two and four-year colleges or
universities across the United
States who are part of College Pulse's American College
Student Panel. Every data point uses a weighted rolling average of
the surveys from the previous three weeks' surveys.
About Chegg
Chegg puts students first. As the leading
student-first connected learning platform, Chegg strives to improve
the overall return on investment in education by helping students
learn more in less time and at a lower cost. Chegg is a
publicly-held company based in Santa
Clara, California and trades on the NYSE under the symbol
CHGG. For more information, visit www.chegg.com.
About College Pulse
College Pulse is an online survey
and analytics company dedicated to understanding the attitudes,
preferences, and behaviors of today's college students. College
Pulse offers custom data-driven marketing and research solutions,
utilizing its unique American College Student Panel that includes
250,000 college student respondents from more than 800 four-year
colleges and universities in all 50 states. For more information,
visit https://collegepulse.com.
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https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2019/04/behind-2018-united-states-midterm-election-turnout.html
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