From college students’ investments in the stock market to President Joe Biden’s approval rating, here are this week’s top insights.
Stock Market
Following the GameStop frenzy on Wall Street, we asked college students about their investments. Almost one-third (32%) of students have money invested in the stock market. But male students are twice as likely as female students to own stocks (46% vs. 21%). Among students who are investing, 1 in 5 (20%) are following the story about GameStop stock and platforms such as Robinhood restricting trades very closely and almost half (48%) are following it somewhat closely. Just 4% are not following it at all.
Biden’s Approval Rating
Weeks into his presidency, many students remain unsure how to view President Joe Biden’s leadership. Roughly 4 in 10 (42%) approve of the way Biden is handling his job as president so far, while 20% disapprove and 37% are not sure. Students of color are more likely than white students to approve (50% vs. 37%).
Foreign Threat
Almost half (48%) of today’s college students believe China poses the biggest foreign threat to the U.S., followed by Russia (19%). Republican students are more than twice as likely as Democratic students to say China poses the biggest threat (80% vs. 32%).
Presidents’ Day
Students say the best U.S. president since 1900 was Franklin D. Roosevelt (24%), with Barack Obama (20%) coming in a close second. While just 8% of students overall choose Donald Trump, Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats to rank the 45th president as the best (32% vs. 2%).
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Methodology: All surveys were designed and conducted by College Pulse. Interviews were conducted among a sample of full-time and part-time students attending colleges or universities in the U.S. who are part of College Pulse’s American College Student Panel.
