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Of the college students receiving stimulus checks, 62% plan to pocket or invest their new cash, according to a new Generation Lab/Axios poll.
Why it matters: It's money that won't be fed back into the economy, and one indicator that the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill will benefit many individuals in a way that won't necessarily help the economy roar back.
- 44% plan to spend the money on essentials, while 27% plan to pay off their credit card, student loans or other debts.
Even among the 84% of students who have been or plan to get vaccinated, less than half (42%) plan to visit indoor bars.
- They would rather have fun in more controlled settings. 53% said they would probably or definitely attend house parties. For those who don't plan to get vaccinated, 62% would attend house parties.
- Many plan to carry some of the more wholesome behavior shifts from the pandemic into the future, like spending more time outside (40%) and living with or spending more time with family members (36%).
Taking a way-too-early look at 2024, college students have somewhat rallied around President Biden, at least compared to February 2020, when he polled at just 7% compared to Bernie Sanders' 42%.
- Asked who they would vote for in the next presidential election, 27% favored Biden, 22% went for Sanders and 14% picked former President Donald Trump.
Methodology: The poll was conducted March 16-18, 2021, from a representative sample of 804 college students. The margin of error is +/- 3.4 percentage points. Generation Lab’s polling is conducted using a demographically representative panel of college students from around the country. The surveys are administered digitally.