County Teen-Agers Favor Bush by a 66% Landslide

George Bush was the landslide winner in a vote by juniors and seniors in presidential election polls conducted by High Life in conjunction with teachers at county high schools.

The Republican candidate received the nod from 66% of the 10,018 participating students at 27 responding high schools. Democratic candidate Michael S. Dukakis received 21% of the vote, and 13% of the voters were undecided.

These results compare remarkably to those in The Times Orange County Poll. Bush received 67% of that vote; Dukakis, 24%. The Times’ poll of 605 registered voters was conducted Oct. 20-22 through a random sampling of listed and unlisted telephone numbers.

The following is a school-by-school breakdown of High Life’s presidential preference poll.

BETHEL BAPTIST

(14 students voting)

George Bush 93%

Michael Dukakis 7%

BOLSA GRANDE

(476 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 61%

Michael Dukakis 19%

Undecided 20%

BREA-OLINDA

(154 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 55%

Michael Dukakis 25%

Undecided 20%

CAPISTRANO VALLEY

(1,050 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 65%

Michael Dukakis 28%

Undecided 7%

CONNELLY

(114 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 65%

Michael Dukakis 16%

Undecided 19%

CYPRESS

(614 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 58%

Michael Dukakis 22%

Undecided 20%

EL MODENA

(70 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 77%

Michael Dukakis 19%

Undecided 4%

EL TORO

(311 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 62%

Michael Dukakis 20%

Undecided 18%

ESPERANZA

(392 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 70%

Michael Dukakis 12%

Undecided 18%

ESTANCIA

(289 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 48%

Michael Dukakis 27%

Ron Paul (Libertarian) 1%

Undecided 24%

FOOTHILL

(184 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 71%

Michael Dukakis 27%

Ron Paul 1%

Undecided 1%

FULLERTON

(245 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 55%

Michael Dukakis 22%

Undecided 23%

GARDEN GROVE

(501 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 56%

Michael Dukakis 17%

Undecided 27%

HERITAGE

(52 students voting)

George Bush 96%

Michael Dukakis 4%

LUTHERAN

(227 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 96%

Michael Dukakis 4%

MARINA

(506 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 60%

Michael Dukakis 24%

Undecided 16%

MATER DEI

(1,275 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 81%

Michael Dukakis 9%

Undecided 10%

ORANGE

(524 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 65%

Michael Dukakis 19%

Undecided 16%

ROSARY

(134 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 66%

Michael Dukakis 18%

Undecided 16%

SADDLEBACK

(546 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 51%

Michael Dukakis 33%

Undecided 16%

SANTA ANA

(90 juniors and seniors voting)

Michael Dukakis 53%

George Bush 47%

SUNNY HILLS

(300 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 32%

Michael Dukakis 21%

Undecided 47%

TRABUCO HILLS

(165 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 64%

Michael Dukakis 10%

Undecided 26%

TROY

(117 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 51%

Michael Dukakis 27%

Undecided 22%

UNIVERSITY

(193 seniors voting)

George Bush 61%

Michael Dukakis 34%

Undecided 5%

VALENCIA

(1,400 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 77%

Michael Dukakis 23%

WESTERN

(75 juniors and seniors voting)

George Bush 60%

Michael Dukakis 13%

Undecided 27%

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