Whom do you plan on voting for in the upcoming U.S. presidential election?
0.1% Rocky Anderson
0.3% Virgil Goode
1.6% Gary Johnson
65.6% Barack Obama
7.1% Mitt Romney
1.5% Jill Stein
7.4% Unsure
16.3% Not voting
Do you plan on voting in the upcoming election?
10.6% Yes, and I am registered in Rhode Island
62.8% Yes, and I am registered in another state
5.5% No, I do not plan on voting
15.1% No, I am not eligible to vote
6.1% I am unsure if I am voting
What is your stance on abortion?
42.1% Should always be legal
25.6% Should be legal in the first and second trimesters
13.5% Should be legal in the first trimester only
5.6% Should be illegal, except in special cases like rape
3.3% Should always be illegal
8.3% Unsure
1.6% No opinion
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Christina Paxson is handling her job as president of the University?
10.9% Strongly approve
17.5% Somewhat approve
69.3% No opinion
1.8% Somewhat disapprove
0.5% Strongly disapprove
Should Brown consider race in student admissions decisions?
34.5% Yes
25.8% No
32.9% No, but it should consider other aspects of diversity, like socioeconomic status
6.9% No opinion
Should Brown consider race when hiring professors?
35.1% Yes
40.9% No
14.7% No, but it should consider other aspects of diversity, like gender
9.4% No opinion
How do you feel about the University offering online courses?
17.7% The University should offer more for-credit online courses for Brown students
24.2% The University should offer open courses to the general public
19.1% The University should offer both more for-credit online courses for Brown students and open courses to the general public
9.3% The University should not offer any type of online courses
10.8% No opinion
19.0% Not familiar enough to answer
On average, how happy do you think you are relative to your peers?
8.6% Much happier
29.0% Slightly happier
46.1% Equally happy
11.2% Slightly less happy
2.3% Much less happy
2.8% Unsure
Since you have been at Brown, which of the following have you done?
5.6% Copied an assignment or parts of an assignment from a published source
20.2% Copied an assignment or parts of an assignment from a friend
17.7% Collaborated on an assignment when instructed not to
6.4% Used notes for a take-home test or assignment when instructed not to
4.3% Cheated on an in-class test
6.3% Done something else that would be considered cheating
60.2% I have never done any of these
What type of romantic or sexual relationship are you in right now?
24.8% Exclusive relationship with one other person
0.3% Exclusive relationshipwith multiple people
7.8% Consistent hook-ups with one other person
1.4% Consistent hook-ups with multiple people
11.2% Casual hook-ups with multiple people
3.5% Other
48.5% Not in any kind of relationship
2.4% Do not know
What type of romantic or sexual relationship do you want right now?
56.0% Exclusive relationship with one other person
1.1% Exclusive relationship with multiple people
9.7% Consistent hook-ups with one other person
3.3% Consistent hook-ups with multiple people
3.8% Casual hook-ups with multiple people
1.0% Other
12.0% Not in any kind of relationship
13.3% Do not know
On average, how many hours of sleep do you get each weeknight?
0.9% Fewer than 4
26.2% Between 4 and 6
65.5% Between 6 and 8
7.1% More than 8
0.4% Unsure
Methodology
Written questionnaires were administered to 959 undergraduates October 17-18 in the lobby of J. Walter Wilson and the Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center during the day and the Sciences Library at night. The poll has a 2.9 percent margin of error with 95 percent confidence. The margin of error is 4.4 percent for the subset of males, 3.9 percent for females, 5.7 percent for first-years, 5.5 percent for sophomores, 5.9 percent for juniors, 6.4 percent for seniors, 4.3 percent for students receiving financial aid, 4.0 percent for students not receiving financial aid, 9.0 percent for varsity athletes and 3.1 percent for non-athletes.
The sample polled was demographically similar to the Brown undergraduate population as a whole. The sample was 45 percent male and 55 percent female. First-years made up 26 percent of the sample, 28 percent were sophomores, 25 percent were juniors and 22 percent were seniors. Varsity athletes made up 11 percent of the sample. Of those polled, 46 percent currently receive financial aid from Brown. Students reported all races with which they identify, with 63 percent saying white, 20 percent Asian, 12 percent Hispanic, 9 percent black, 1 percent American Indian or Alaska Native, 1 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and 5 percent other.
Statistical significance was established at the 0.05 level. All reported cross-tabulations are statistically significant.
News Editor Alexandra Macfarlane '13, Sports Editor Jacob Comer '13, Special Projects Editor Greg Jordan-Detamore '14 and Senior Staff Writers Maddie Berg '15, Elizabeth Koh '15, Kate Nussenbaum '15 and Adam Toobin '15, coordinated the poll. Herald section editors, senior staff writers and other staff members conducted the poll.
