There are many WSU students going out of their way to support their choice for president.
“I don’t try to influence people’s decisions but instead ask them are they voting and why,” Weiffenbach said. “I give people information about candidate Romney and the reasons I support him. I’m a Romney supporter because of economic reasons, corporate taxes allow them to keep current tax rates, basically not increasing taxes on the rich. Romney will appeal Obamacare, which has $500 billion tax increase on small businesses. He’ll boost the economy which is a great benefit for students coming out of college, it will create more jobs.”
The President of the College Democrats, Kyle Powell also agrees it is important to get involved and vote. Powell has been focusing on getting students to vote for all democrats running for position, such as Senator Sherrod Brown. He believes that the President cannot get things passed without other Democrats in the Senate and House of Representatives to support him.
“I’ve been talking to students on campus, working at phone banks and bringing speakers to campus to speak to students,” Powell said. “We just recently had a Debate party with the College Republicans, where we joined together and watched the debates.”
“I’m voting for Obama because he’s for the middle and lower class. If Romney gets elected the middle class will weaken. Obama has helped the economy to grow. I say, it takes seconds to get down a hill on a bike, and a minute to get back up the hill. If Obama isn’t elected we will be sliding back down the hill. Obama is for women, with supporting Planned Parenthood, small businesses with cutting taxes, the auto industry and has even stopped interest rates from increasing for college loans.”
According to senior Andrew Macy, Internal Affairs for Rainbow Alliance, he also supports Obama. He’s set up political meetings to show both sides with experts to inform students and voter registration.
“Obama is for GLBTQ rights, and Romney isn’t,” Macy said. “Obama is more for equal rights, I just don’t get that feeling from Romney.”
Powell is still working on plans for election night. Macy is working with Student Government to provide a bus to a voting destination for students.
“It’s important to vote regardless of what party you are affiliated with. Voting affects everybody,” Weiffenbach said.
