(ONEONTA, N.Y.) The 2016 Presidential election is one of the most interesting - and from a certain point of view, dangerous - elections the United States has seen in decades. Donald Trump has sealed the deal to be the GOP Presidential Nominee, while the Democratic Party is still battling it out between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. The students of SUNY Oneonta have multiple views regarding the election, but some of them are less invested than others.
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"I did not vote in the primary, but I will vote in the general election," said senior Jennifer Magnatta. "I don't actually know who I'm going to vote for yet, I have to look into it more because I don't know that much about it unfortunately."
One problem a lot of Oneonta students have is with the issues with actually voting. While many students are not from the Oneonta area, absentee ballots are still available. However, this does not address the problem of leaving registered Independents boxed out of the primaries.
Logan Williams, a registered Independent, dislikes the voting process and being unable to have his voice be heard.
"There's really no benefit to being Independent," Williams says. "Even when you get to vote in the general election, you can vote for either side, but the same thing happens for the Republicans and Democrats. They (Reps and Dems) can also vote in the primary whereas I cannot."
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"Politics is messed up right now," Williams concluded.
Tom Capone took it a step further, explaining that he wanted a candidate from a Third Party to become President. The two major examples of Third Parties are the Libertarian Party and the Green Party.
"I'm hoping that over the summer a Third Party jumps in, because I'm not behind Trump, Hillary, or Bernie," Capone said.
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| Courtesy of blog.oneonta.edu |
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