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One set of items solicited students' opinions about five public issues and several CSU issues, as well as heir political partisanship and poitical philosophy. Students were asked how much they agreed with five statements about public issues Using the 0-10 scale, where 0 means hey completely disagree, 5 is neural and 10 means they completely agree.

6.29	CSU should develop more apartments or dorms near campus for students.
6.32	There should be more social events to bring faculty and students together on campus.
6.16	I would like more opportunities to meet alumni from my academic area.
6.12	Michael White is doing a good job as mayor of Cleveland.
6.08	Bill Clinton is doing a good job as president.
6.00	Affirmative Action is still necessary to help minorities and other groups.
7.26	More gun control is needed.
5.61	I approve of American policy on Kosovo.

A breakdown by gender shows that men and women students differed on only two of the four items, with women showing more support for gun control and Affirmative Action.

Political affiliation
Strong Republican, 7.5%;
lean toward Republican, 15.1%;
independent, 25.6%;
lean toward Democrat, 31.8%;
strong Democrat, 20%.

Political philosophy
Strong conservative, 4.6%;
lean towards conservative, 14.7%;
moderate or middle-of-the-road, 44.4%;
lean towards liberal, 24.4%;
strong liberal, 12%.

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