Mini Exit Survey -- Student Feelings about Trump
I teach 5 classes at two universities in Kentucky. So, after reading a lot about students on campus feeling terrible or unsafe after a Trump election victory, I decided to do my own exit poll. I asked students whether they felt generally happy or generally bad (mad, scared, sad) or generally “meh” (i.e., ambivalent, unconcerned, indifferent, apathetic).
Granted that Kentucky is a red state, Lexington is a blue county… Here’s the results:
CLASS #1, Private Religious School:
Sad: 11
Happy: 9
Meh: 9
CLASS #2, Private Religious School:
Sad: 1
Happy: 3
Meh: 2
CLASS #3, Private Religious School
Sad: 7
Happy: 8
Meh: 5
Subtotal: 19 sad, 20 happy, 16 meh.
CLASS #4, Public Secular School
Sad: 12
Happy: 13
Meh: 8
CLASS #5, Public Secular School
Sad: 10
Happy: 5
Meh: 8
Subtotal: 22 sad, 18 happy, 16 meh.
Difference: +3 sad, -2 happy, +0 meh.
TOTALS
Sad: 41
Happy: 33
Meh: 32
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