- Bernie Sanders reaches his highest level of support so far, with 36 percent of Democratic college students selecting him as their first choice.
- For the first time since July, the gap between first place Sanders and second place Warren (13 percent gap), is greater than the gap between Warren and the third place candidate (12 percent gap).
- Andrew Yang (11 percent) and Pete Buttigieg (10 percent) slightly increase their lead over Joe Biden (8 percent).
On a weekly basis, Chegg–in partnership with College Pulse–is surveying over 1,500 college students across the United States on the 2020 presidential election. Every Thursday, we update this page with the latest survey data, offering an in-depth guide to how the race for the Democratic nomination is shaping up among college students.
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Tracking the Field Over Time
The results are based on Democratic and Democratic-leaning undergraduates nationwide. Hover over or click each line to track how support for candidates has changed week to week. Click the dot next to a candidates name to remove their data from the infographic.
Regardless of who you may support in the upcoming 2020 presidential election, who would you most like to be the Democratic nominee for President?
Who’s Leading in the Democratic Primary
To breakdown candidate support, select a demographic below.
Regardless of who you may support in the upcoming 2020 presidential election, who would you most like to be the Democratic nominee for President? –– Candidates with ≤1% student support are not shown.
Second Choices: Where Students May Migrate
Track where student voters may migrate, by asking who they would choose as a second choice on a weekly basis.
If the 2020 election for President were held today, who would be your second choice to be the Democratic nominee for President?
Head-to-Head Matchups
All students were asked if they would vote for the Democratic candidate, President Donald Trump or not vote at all.
% of Students who would vote for [Candidate] over President Trump
If the 2020 election for President were held today, would you vote for the Democratic candidate, would you vote for Donald Trump or would you not vote?
What are Students Saying
Understand student sentiment by analyzing open-ended responses to why they chose their preferred candidate.
Regardless of who you may support in the upcoming 2020 presidential election, who would you most like to be the Democratic nominee for President? –– Candidates with ≤1% student support are not shown.
Where Are the Student Voters
Explore the states with the most college students as a percentage of the population.
Methodology
About Chegg/College Pulse Election Tracker: On a weekly basis, the Chegg/College Pulse Student Election Tracker 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™, which includes 250,000 undergraduate college student respondents from more than 800 two and four-year colleges and universities in all 50 states. Every data point uses a weighted rolling average of the surveys from the previous three weeks’ surveys.
Each week, we will release a report with the most important findings from the tracker and other student insights. Sign-up to receive that report in your inbox here.
For media inquiries or to learn more about College Pulse, please contact press@collegepulse.com.
Change-log
– April 23, 2019. Added the following candidates as Democratic candidate options: “Gov. Jay Inslee”, “Rep. John Delaney”, “Former Gov. John Hickenlooper”, “Mayor Pete Buttigieg”, “Gov. Steve Bullock”, “Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe”, “Rep. Tim Ryan”, “Andrew Yang”
– July 2, 2019. Added the following candidates as Democratic candidate options: “Marianne Williamson”, “Mayor Bill de Blasio”, “Sen. Michael Bennet”, “Rep. Eric Swalwell”
– July 16, 2019. Set up a geographic filter to limit responses to US-based respondents
– August 13, 2019: Removed ex-candidates Terry McAuliffe and Eric Swallwell from tracker
– October 15, 2019: Removed ex-candidate Bill de Blasio
– October 29, 2019: Removed ex-candidate Tim Ryan
– November 5, 2019: Removed ex-candidate Beto O’Rourke
– November 12, 2019: Added candidate Michael Bloomberg
– November 19, 2019: Added candidate Deval Patrick
– December 3, 2019: Removed ex-candidate Steve Bullock
