Delaware
AGAINST
FOR
NOT SURE
Apologies, I accidentally destroyed a batch of interviews, 5 FOR serving in the draft and 2 AGAINST from the University of Delaware.
Indiana
AGAINST
FOR
Michigan
AGAINST
FOR
NOT SURE
New Jersey
AGAINST
FOR
Ohio
AGAINST
FOR
Pennsylvania
AGAINST
Wisconsin
AGAINST
MIM interviewed over 100 draft-age youth as part of its "Voices of the Draft" project to put some concrete facts on the question of the political position of youth on today's war in Iraq. We found a wide range of opinion, but it is clear both that millions of youth would serve in a draft but many more millions would actively oppose it.
When a real draft comes down, we expect an immense politicization. Right now, we have encountered many students who even claimed they don't know anything about the war in Iraq and could not give an opinion on the draft. The question is whether the rulers want to politicize these fence-sitters not paying much attention to politics or whether the rulers are better off not doing so given that the numbers are likely not to break their way. At MIM we believe that the rulers get themselves into situations where they have no choice but to politicize people, sometimes in situations they the rulers do not want to be in, such as the war in Iraq with public opinion steadily sliding against the "costs."
Even of those willing to serve if drafted, many would oppose the war. We expect that many others would end up struggling politically with their peers.
Half of those interviewed appeared white while another half appeared to be from oppressed nationalities. We found four Blacks and one Asian ethnicity persyn willing to serve in the draft. All the other pro-draft opinion came from whites. Michigan white students seemed the most opposed among whites while Delaware students seemed most for.
The Black opinion that we encountered in Philadelphia was most steadfast against the war.
Among wimmin, many had not heard that the Congress was considering drafting them and some refused to believe it. This points to at least one factor in which female biology leads to de-politicization. Even though the people interviewed are too young to remember the Vietnam War, many used the Vietnam draft as their reference point.