Students Voting in 2016 Presidential Race

BY Kyle Kocan -- (Oneonta, NY)

With all of the news surrounding the 2016 Presidential Election and Primary voting, whether it be about Bernie vs. Hillary or just straight up about Donald Trump.  Some students have never even been out to vote in the past elections and never even had registered to vote.  SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick student voting location for the Presidential Election of 2016 will be at the Foothill Performing Arts Center located at 24 Market Street in Oneonta NY.  One SUNY Oneonta student, Dylan DiLuccio, who is a political science major said "I have not yet registered to vote and don't plan to for this election either."  Another SUNY Oneonta student, Nick Taylor, stated that "I do not want to be apart of America's downfall."  As Nick does not believe any of the candidates are good at all and feels as if his vote would not matter at all. 

Front of the Foothill Performing Arts Center

Many students are in the same spot at Mr. Taylor as they do not relate with any of the candidates who are running to be the president of America.  So students may not even want to register for this year's election even though they may have turned eighteen over the summer and now are the right age in order to vote.  But with this year's election candidates some students may feel as if voting is not important at all.   Some students like Tomas Cooper who is a senior Business Administration major has his own views for the upcoming election.  Mr Cooper said that "I like some of the stuff Bernie has to say, but also like what Trump is going to do with Wall Street...I really have no opinion on Hillary because I have not followed her thoughts as close as Bernie and Trump."

Bernie Sanders Presidential Sign 

With the New York Primaries finishing up last week with Hillary winning the democratic side while Trump was the winner on the republican side.  Many people believed that Bernie should have won because of how he won all of upstate New York with a significant margin than Hillary but Hillary won New York City and had more delegates which resulted in her winning.  Where as Trump dominated NYC as well as upstate New York to lead him to winning the New York Primary.  With all of this it looks like as if it will be Trump vs. Hillary in the 2016 Presidential Election which is sure to be an interesting one for all of America.  For MCOM 256 I'm Kyle Kocan

Aerial Shot of the SUNY Oneonta Campus