I polled the students in my Introductory Macro course today

[Asian Nazi]

Judging from the posts on my facebook feed, I estimate that approximately 108% of WWU students are Bernie Sanders supporters.

[mencken]

I am very perplexed as to how any Macroeconomics student could support an overt socialist and a protectionist, let alone a majority of them.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Did you ask for their vote in each party's primary, or did you first divide them between Democrats and Republicans?

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

I am very perplexed as to how any Macroeconomics student could support an overt socialist and a protectionist, let alone a majority of them.

Well, intro macro is a core requirement for almost all schools, I'd imagine. Diverse group of majors+semester just starting. Obviously a majority might be surprising, but I'd imagine a significant portion of econ students anywhere feel that way.

Did you ask for their vote in each party's primary, or did you first divide them between Democrats and Republicans?

The latter according to thread


Looking forward to the other results!

[RI]

I am very perplexed as to how any Macroeconomics student could support an overt socialist and a protectionist, let alone a majority of them.

Well, intro macro is a core requirement for almost all schools, I'd imagine. Diverse group of majors+semester just starting. Obviously a majority might be surprising, but I'd imagine a significant portion of econ students anywhere feel that way.

Most of the students in the course aren't econ majors; they're mostly business and engineering students with scattered other majors.

[Shadows]

I am very perplexed as to how any Macroeconomics student could support an overt socialist and a protectionist, let alone a majority of them.

Some of the greatest economists are left leaning. it makes so economic sense to support these right wing policies considering MACRO-ECONOMICS was born out of the failure of Classical Economics & with the birth of Keynesian economics & the great depression.

Most of what Sanders says is good economics & the cut taxes to the bone, GDP will rise has been a proven failed concept for decades now. And when sensitive & highly educated people hear  "Climate Change is a hoax" they can't vote GOP after that

[mencken]

I am very perplexed as to how any Macroeconomics student could support an overt socialist and a protectionist, let alone a majority of them.

Some of the greatest economists are left leaning. it makes so economic sense to support these right wing policies considering MACRO-ECONOMICS was born out of the failure of Classical Economics & with the birth of Keynesian economics & the great depression.

Most of what Sanders says is good economics & the cut taxes to the bone, GDP will rise has been a proven failed concept for decades now. And when sensitive & highly educated people hear  "Climate Change is a hoax" they can't vote GOP after that

Socialism and mercantilism have been discredited for decades, if not centuries, as serious schools of economic thought.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Calling Sanders a socialist.

[RI]

I am very perplexed as to how any Macroeconomics student could support an overt socialist and a protectionist, let alone a majority of them.

Some of the greatest economists are left leaning. it makes so economic sense to support these right wing policies considering MACRO-ECONOMICS was born out of the failure of Classical Economics & with the birth of Keynesian economics & the great depression.

Most of what Sanders says is good economics & the cut taxes to the bone, GDP will rise has been a proven failed concept for decades now. And when sensitive & highly educated people hear  "Climate Change is a hoax" they can't vote GOP after that

Socialism and mercantilism have been discredited for decades, if not centuries, as serious schools of economic thought.

Come now, we both know that Sanders-esque "socialism" is not even in the same ballpark as authoritarian state socialism a la the Soviet Union, which has been discredited in serious circles.

[mencken]

Calling Sanders a socialist.

Either way Sanders deserves the eye-roll, since he self-identifies as a socialist.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I read that as "Introductory Marco Course", which made me confused why Trump was leading.

I wish my university offered courses about Marco

Do you have a water polo team?

[Shadows]

I am very perplexed as to how any Macroeconomics student could support an overt socialist and a protectionist, let alone a majority of them.

Some of the greatest economists are left leaning. it makes so economic sense to support these right wing policies considering MACRO-ECONOMICS was born out of the failure of Classical Economics & with the birth of Keynesian economics & the great depression.

Most of what Sanders says is good economics & the cut taxes to the bone, GDP will rise has been a proven failed concept for decades now. And when sensitive & highly educated people hear  "Climate Change is a hoax" they can't vote GOP after that

Socialism and mercantilism have been discredited for decades, if not centuries, as serious schools of economic thought.

This is wrong actually. Socialist ;policies is looked as very positive in macro-economics. Progressive taxes, unemployment benefits & Social Security are GDP Stabilizer & keep the consumption function up. That is why even in some of the worst economic conditions you have not had a collapse, but Consumption has rarely fallen ( GDP = C + G + I + NX ). Socialist programmes prevent over-heating & rapid fall of economy

Also if you look at the marginal propensity of consumption (MPC) it is much higher for poorer people. So it makes sense to have more wealth in their hand & by the GDP Multiplier effect, GDP should grow faster in that case.

Macro-economics has never got against Socialism & most countries (Capitalist included), Europe etc have some form of socialism

[jaichind]

Did you ask for their vote in each party's primary, or did you first divide them between Democrats and Republicans?

I was about to ask the same question.

[RI]

Did you ask for their vote in each party's primary, or did you first divide them between Democrats and Republicans?

I was about to ask the same question.

I answered this earlier. I only gave them one vote.

My PhD student poll is coming along really slowly... Not many responses. Of those that are in, there's a lot of feelin' the Bern going on.

[Antonio the Sixth]

What is the N for each party, then? I assume a majority are Democrats.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

How illiterate is this forum? I thought I was unable to read.

[Classic Conservative]

The world is doomed

[Crumpets]

realisticidealist, you're a Coug?

[RI]

realisticidealist, you're a Coug?

Yes, though it was never my intention to be. As a native Western Washingtonian, I was always a Husky fan growing up and visited UW lots of times, but when WSU offers a full four-year assistantship and UW doesn't due to departmental problems, the choice gets made for you.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

I expect 2,000% of my college to be BernieBots

[Simfan34]

What percent of students voted in the Democratic vs. the Republican primary in this mock poll?  Or did you just have all students vote in both primaries?

They only got one choice. The breakdown was 62% Dem, 38% GOP.

That's a very good result for the GOP considering the demographic.