As the presidential election nears, Apartments.com had a little
fun by surveying their visitors to find out who U.S. renters want to win the
election: A whopping 66.8 percent said they’d prefer Obama was elected, with
21.6 percent favoring a Romney/Ryan White House.
When respondents were asked who they think will win the
election, Obama had even better numbers, with 78.3 percent of renters polled
predicting the president will win re-election. Obama also proved to be more
popular on a personal level with renters than Romney. The survey showed 74
percent would rather have the president as a roommate while only 26 percent
preferred Romney. Apartment dwellers would also rather give their rent checks
to Obama, with 74.4 percent saying they would rather have Obama as their
landlord and 25.6 percent preferring Romney.
Apartments.com did a similar survey four years ago before
the last presidential election, and they noticed some similarities and
differences in the answers four years later. For example, the number of survey
respondents who said they are registered to vote fell 10 percent from 2008 to
2012, and more than 40 percent described themselves as very politically active
back in 2008 in contrast to the 22 percent who consider themselves that way
today.
Respondents were not asked about tenant verification for the two candidates, but it’s a pretty safe
bet they’d both pass a rental background
check and renter credit check
with flying colors.
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