Thursday, December 13, 2012

College Students and the Election


College Students and the Election

            With the presidential election at hand, both candidates look to aim to the young generation in America as their votes are vital to winning an election. Many students look at the election in plenty of ways, as so many people have different thoughts and ideas.

           Photo by: Jake O'canion



 Northwest Missouri State student, Blake Hadley stated, “the election is very overdone and almost annoying in a way with all the different commercials and advertisements involved in trying to make the other candidate(s) look bad. He also talked about how annoying it is to deal with the election business on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter due to so many people arguing over “dumb stuff”.
            Will Roberts, a very involved political science major said he loves the election time of the year. “It’s awesome to see how things work out and all the different views you get from different people. People get so competitive and crazy over everything. I’ve seen people end friendships and stop talking to each other due to a slight difference in views. It’s crazy, but you’ve gotta love it”
            As Zack McMahan talks about the elections, he shows little to no interest, “I feel like my one vote is not going to matter. There are so many people voting already and with the Electoral College me voting for Romney in a Romney state isn’t going to make Romney win any more than he already will have won. I just feel like people try to get too involved and want to force their ideas and views upon you. It’s extremely annoying and makes no sense. We all want to make a lot of money and none of us want to  be in debt, but with the candidates available I don’t think neither one of them are going to change what happens to the country.”
            In such a diverse country and amongst college campuses where diversity is always huge, it is easy to see the big difference in ideas and thoughts. 

            Article by: Joe Roberts
            Photo Credit: Lucy Madison, CBS News

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