As Election Day continues, students around campus are awaiting results after casting their ballots. Here’s how a few students voted:
Gabriel David, a junior psychology major, said he woke up at 6 a.m. today to vote as soon as the polls opened. He said he voted “all Democrat,” including Kamala Harris and Ohio Senate candidate Sherrod Brown.
“I’m voting for all my trans brothers and sisters,” David said. “I’d love to believe that a message of love is better than a message of hate.”
Erika Thiedemann, a sophomore psychology major, said she voted for Donald Trump this year. She said she typically goes “pretty independent,” but leaned more toward the
right this election, agreeing slightly more with Trump’s policies.
“This time around, it was a lot of economy things,” she said. “Just being a student, really wanting to buy a house in the next couple of years … and I guess the border policies really stuck out to me.”
Sophie Veitch, a freshman exploratory major, plans to vote on campus later today. She said policies on reproductive rights for women and gun control affect how she’s voting. She will be voting for Harris, as she thinks she has a good economic plan.
Tamilin McDonald, a freshman fashion design major, also voted for Harris. She said as a transgender woman of color, it’s important to her to protect the rights she wants to have. Immigration is one of the most important policies to McDonald.
“Both my parents are immigrants,” she said. “My dad’s from Ireland and my mom’s from China. My mom was undocumented for the first 10 years she lived here, so I think it’s important to recognize that not everyone has the ability to get correct documentation for immigration.”
Eric Wheatley, a sophomore criminology and justice studies major, voted for Trump. He said he is very moderate and voted for Trump because he likes what he likes. Issue 1, which deals with gerrymandering in Ohio, matters a lot to him, and he said people should know what they’re voting for before going to the polls.
“People do want to keep gerrymandering because whoever does it holds a lot of power, either Republicans or Democrats,” he said.
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