{"id":3128,"date":"2016-03-04T14:37:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T22:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=3128"},"modified":"2016-03-04T15:54:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T23:54:03","slug":"talking-politics-super-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/talking-politics-super-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Tuesday had me like…"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Conner Williams\r\nEditor-in-Chief<\/pre>\n
As the presidential candidates competed for delegates on Super Tuesday, the day in the election cycle where more delegates are at stake than any other day, I talked with several Western students about their thoughts on the election.<\/p>\n
Rosario Peralta, a staff member at the Writing Center, said that she feels the election has been civil to an extent. <\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like it\u2019s pretty civil, but at the same time, we have a lot of candidates that are extremes, which doesn\u2019t happen all the time,\u201d she said. \u201cI think it\u2019s civil from the candidates\u2019 perspective, but I don\u2019t necessarily think it\u2019s civil based on how the media portray things.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s kind of a hot mess,\u201d said Peralta. \u201cI was listening to the radio recently and they said \u2018We never thought we\u2019d live in a world where Donald Trump could be the winner,\u2019 and apparently that\u2019s the world we live in […] it\u2019s overwhelming and terrifying.\u201d <\/p>\n
Peralta said that the issues she finds most important in this election are education and immigration. She is a U.S. resident, but not a citizen, so she cannot actually vote in the election. Despite this, Peralta said that she does her best to campaign and advocate for the candidate(s) that she thinks address her concerns the most. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think how we treat other countries and people who come into our country is a big thing for me,\u201d said Peralta. <\/p>\n
Taylor Waite, a senior english major, said that she is frustrated with the way the election is turning out thus far. <\/p>\n
\u201cI feel a little frustrated from the way that politics are cultured now and are treated as reality TV,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s more about who can make more of a show out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Waite said that education and loan reform are among her top concerns in the election. <\/p>\n
\u201cEducation is huge for me in that I\u2019m paying for college,\u201d she said. \u201cI think [free education] is going to be the future of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m also concerned about the job market because I\u2019m a senior, for one, and coming out with a bachelor of arts, I\u2019m not guaranteed a job,\u201d said Waite. <\/p>\n
Amanda Jester, a sophomore criminal justice major, said that she is excited for the election since it will be her first time voting. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think since it\u2019s the first election I can vote in, it\u2019s fun for me since I can actually participate in it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want the focus to be on improving education and social services rather than military spending and things like that,\u201d said Jester. \u201cI also think that women\u2019s health and women\u2019s reproductive rights are huge issues for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jessica Esparza, a senior english major, also said that she has a hard time believing that Donald Trump is doing as well as he is. <\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s kind of a joke right now,\u201d she said. \u201cI thought that Trump was going to a be a joke at first, and now he might actually be the Republican candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought it was going to be a publicity stunt, but he just never went away,\u201d said Esparza. <\/p>\n
As the polls closed at the end of the day Tuesday, Donald Trump found himself still in the lead for the Republicans with 319 delegates, according to data from The New York Times. Ted Cruz follows shortly behind with 226, Marco Rubio with 110, John Kasich with 25, and Ben Carson with eight, though Carson has announced he will be suspending his campaign. In order to secure the party’s nomination for president, a Republican candidate needs 1,237 delegates.<\/p>\n
Hillary Clinton stretched her lead to 1,052 delegates, while Bernie Sanders currently has 427. 2,383 delegates are needed for a Democrat to secure the party’s nomination for president. <\/p>\n
Contact the author at journaleditor@wou.edu or on Twitter @journalEIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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