And, as in any ethnic group, Patel says, it ispossible that many conservative voters will crossparty lines to vote for Clinton.
Mark H. Kim '94, co-president of the AsianAmerican Association, says that it would be hardto make a general statement on the results for"Asians and Pacific Islanders" since the categorycontains such a wide variety of groups.
Kim says his organization has not discussed thepresidential candidates in its meetings.
Regardless of how the poll results are brokendown--by sex, year, house or ethnicity--Clintongets the nod from every grouping.
And that comes as no surprise to Gregory S.Chernack '94, president of Harvard-Radcliffe forClinton-Gore. "We're exactly where I thought wewould be when we signed up 700 people atregistration this fall," Chernack says.
"All along, we wanted to break 70 percent, andI think that three out of four Harvard voters forClinton is a very impressive number," he adds.
But Stephen Y. Ko '95, president of Studentsfor Bush, says that a lot of Clinton support is"soft support" that could switch in the final daysof the campaign, especially considering theclosing of the Clinton-Bush gap in recent nationalpolls.
"Things can change," Ko says. "A week is alifetime in politics."