Many college students are exhausted with the election process, especially because those who are registered to vote are being targeted with phone calls, mailed fliers, and political advertisements on television. In the crux of West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, Frostburg State University students are bombarded with political messages on all of these sources.
Ironically, the ones who can normally talk an
ear off about politics sometimes fall silent. Mike Henrickson, a junior Law and
Society and Political Science major, did not have much to say about the 2012 presidential
election. As he stared blankly out the window of the Ort Library he said: “No,
I didn’t vote. Yeah, I had interest. Nothing really prevented me either.”
Nicole Welsch, a sophomore Special Education
major, was adamant about expressing her opinion. “I know who I’m voting for and
I’m confident in that vote. But the other questions [on the ballot] distract
people who are uninformed.”
Even some who do not get the opportunity to
vote express a passionate opinion about this year’s presidential election.
Elenilson Ayala, a junior theater major originally from El Salvador who cannot
vote this year due to his home country, stated: “This year I was very motivated
by the candidates to get my friends who could vote, to vote. It’s really
important to get votes because everyone counts and the issues are really
important this year.”
The overall reaction to the presidential
election is exhaustion. Especially on social networks such as Facebook and
Twitter, students of all political affiliations have been voicing their
opinions since the beginning of the campaign season. By now, almost everyone,
Political Science majors included, are anxious for November 6th to
go.
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