Election Fever

The 2012 Presidential Election is right around the corner and CB students are getting involved. With the recent debates, and constant campaign ads students are starting to become more involved and opinionated with the elections. Many CB students who are involved and have a Twitter account follow @kbftstudent, the official feed of KBFT. Due to […]

Written by: Camille Peters - Talon Community Editor

2012/10/26 8:33 AM

The 2012 Presidential Election is right around the corner and CB students are getting involved.

With the recent debates, and constant campaign ads students are starting to become more involved and opinionated with the elections.

Many CB students who are involved and have a Twitter account follow @kbftstudent, the official feed of KBFT. Due to Alex Daly’s non-biased tweets about the debates, students are able to develop an opinion.

“[KBFT’s feed] helps me realize what the key points of the debate are.” says Kevin Stenvick (’15).

Various students tweet at KBFT stating their opinion on the current or upcoming debate, such as Amelia Herrera (’13), who tweeted during one of the debates, saying “Romney is just a better debater than Obama. Does not mean he’ll make a better president.”

KBFT’s tweets are not the only thing getting the students involved with the election. Some students watch the debates and already have a political stance, like Jeremy Wackman (’16), who believes he “probably agrees more with Republicans like Mitt Romney, who would be better for strengthening our government.”

Other students have yet to develop an opinion. Some acclaim it to their lack of knowledge regarding our economy while some simply do not have a particular interest in politics,

“I think as a student it’s harder to become informed about this election because we haven’t had to live with the economy and pay taxes and stuff like that, the sort of things that adults do” says Alec Steving (’13).

No matter how much or little students are involved, everyone is recommended to at least keep an opened mind.

“Everybody has their own political views and it’s not my place to tell people whom they should affiliate themselves with” says Steven Scruggs (’13).

Politics are may be at times a little complex to understand, but looking beyond superficial aspects of life and getting in tune with the world allows us to challenge ourselves and go beyond our comfort zone.