Over 70 percent of Tufts undergraduates opposed a unilateral war on Iraq in a poll conducted yesterday by the Daily. The poll asked students about their views on unilateral action, United Nations-sponsored action, and continued weapons inspections in Iraq.
Although a majority of students either strongly oppose or somewhat oppose unilateral action, the responses were fairly evenly divided under the scenario of endorsement by the UN. Most students favor allowing UN inspectors more time in Iraq.
Tufts students' strong opposition to unilateral action is in contrast to the 55 percent of Americans who expressed their support in the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll. A similar number of Americans -- 52 percent -- favor extending inspections, also well below the Tufts mark.
The Daily surveyed 373 students during the open block Wednesday. Students who came through Dewick-MacPhie Dining Hall, the Mayer Campus Center, Tisch Library, and Eaton Hall were given the surveys.
Students who were polled were asked to give their gender, class year, and major. The responses of males and females were nearly identical, and the data collected for class year and major was proportional to the entire Tufts population. The maximum standard error for any question is 2.5 percent. See Page Three for full results and graphs.
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