“I do plan to vote because a lot of important issues are going to be on the ballot this year. It’s a lot of issues that personally affect my family and people I know, like immigration and affordable housing. Candidates need to be trying to bring down prices because going to the grocery store, it’s so hard to be able to buy food for my family. I know that’s affecting not only myself but people in lower income brackets as well.”
Andrea Damian – Animal science major
“Yeah I want to vote. I want to choose the right people so that they can change America for the better. Right now, rent is really expensive and the economy sucks. I want to choose people who will do their part and work to make the economy better and lower down prices.”
Daniel Lopez – Graphic design major
“I hadn’t planned on voting because right now it seems stressful on both sides, but I also want to vote. I feel like not doing anything is being complacent with what’s going on in the world. I don’t want to be complacent but it feels like a lose-lose situation. I’m not a politics person and it can be very confusing and biased when I’m trying to do my own research. In terms of issues, I want people to have protections. We need better federal protections for basic human rights. We need to stop all the hate.”
Chase Leclair – Medical engineering technician major
“Well, I wasn’t planning on voting. It doesn’t matter to me. I don’t care for it. I don’t fall into those political areas. I don’t really think there are really issues that are important with voting.”
Gregory Tchakian – Computer science major
“I’ll probably vote for the president spot, but I haven’t been voting in the local elections, at least not yet. For me, the issues are like, the gas prices are too high and so is the rent. The overall sentiment in this country seems to be on the downturn. There’s been a lot of division, in general.”
Darwin Manansala – Business major