Some students were less emphatic in their choice. "I didn't have a candidate that met my needs," said Steven P. Augart '87 "I didn't particularly agree with any of them, but I voted for McGovern because I admired his honesty."

Poll officials estimated voter turnout reached only 40 percent, adding that the weather kept about 10 percent from going to the polls.

Campaign '84

As election results were coming in a group of students held a debate last night at the Institute of Politics (IOP) as part of the series addressing the issues of Campaign '84.

The Student Advisory Committee of the IOP invited Harvard coordinators of the various campaigns to explain their candidates views.

Gary A. Haugen '85, who represented Hart in the forum, said he admired Hart's conscientious thought about trying to produce new approaches to old debates."

Todd A. Lee, a first year Education student and a coordinator of the Jackson campaign on the Harvard campus, explained that his candidate was not trying to win. That would be unrealistic," he said, adding that Jackson's purpose was to "encourage other authorities to run for government offices and bring the civil rights issue to light.