With elections less than a week away, state gubernatorial candidates are gearing up for the last leg of the race – but many students seem to have lost interest before the polls even opened.
Students who were on the campus for the 2006 mid-term elections and 2008 presidential elections largely said the university came alive with enthusiasm at election time. But this year, despite an extra push from student organizations to get the university community motivated about voting, many have said the excitement just isn’t there.
Ashley Baratz, a 2009 alumna, said the political activity at the university was memorable in both 2006 and 2008.
“I don’t know if people necessarily cared more in 2006 than they do today, but you could certainly feel the tension between the candidates and the intensity of the race on campus,” she said, noting there was a clear difference between the mid-term and presidential elections in 2006 and 2008.
“Everyone was excited about the promise of change, and political talk around campus was everywhere,” Baratz said. “You couldn’t go into a classroom or public campus setting without hearing political discussion in the weeks prior to the election.”
But this election, the fierce political climate has calmed.
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