| Show College Voters Endorse Reagan I CPS In the first fust presidential presidential presidential primaries since student student stu stu- dent favorite John Anderson withdrew from his party's race a significant number of Republican college voters endorsed party runner front-runner Ronald Reagans Reagan's candidacy Democratic students moreover moreover moreover more more- over gave President Carter the same kind of wide victory margins in their precincts as the president got in other precincts George Bush who was widely expected to attract much of Andersons Anderson's student support after the Illinois congressman announced he would run as an independent got 34 percent of the vote Anderson did not campaign campaign campaign cam cam- and was not on the ballot in Texas but still managed managed managed man man- aged to get almost 20 percent of the student votes for Republicans In earlier primaries Reagan Reagan Reagan Rea Rea- gan never got more than 35 percent of the Republican vote in college student- student dominated precincts Anderson Ander Ander- son and Bush usually traded first fust and second positions in prior contests On the Democratic side Edward Kennedy usually ran ran- much better in student precincts precincts precincts pre pre- than he did in stu non dent den t precincts However President Carters Carter's overall performance performance performance per per- in the college precincts precincts precincts pre pre- of Tennessee North Carolina Indiana Texas and Washington DC D.C. was of the same landslide proportions he earned the other sectors sectors sectors sec sec- tors of the electorate All told Carter took 61 percent of the Democratic student vote Kennedys Kennedy's only victory in inthis inthis inthis this set of primaries was in Washington DC D.C. where he attracted 58 percent of the votes cast in precincts in and around George Georgetown American Howard Howard Howard How How- ard Catholic and Trinity universities Yet the big of this set of primaries conducted on May 3 and May 6 was reserved for the Republicans Reagan won the party student student student stu stu- dent vote everywhere but Texas where Bush now lives Students at North Texas State Texas Women's Texas Tach Houston and Texas Austin gave Bush 61 percent of their votes Republicans results from Washington DC D.C. were being counted by hand and were unavailable at press time |
