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on things he’s said that he’s going to elect a bunch of young,
progressive and modern people who will hopefully make
strives in the government.
A: The thing that I find most promising about Trump is
that he keeps the promises he makes when campaigning.
He is the first president in recent history to keep all of the
promises he made on the campaign trail. Most of the time
politicians say things just because people want to hear them
and it will get them votes, but Trump isn’t like that. He is not
a politician, so he doesn’t make promises he doesn’t intend to
keep when elected. In keeping those promises Trump reflects
the American peoples-those who elected him at least- ideas
and wants on how the country, at least the executive branch,
should run domestically and foreignly. Trump is giving a
voice to people that feel like the government is not responsive
or cares about the people who elected them, through keeping
all his promises.
Q: What is your biggest reason for
opposing the other candidate?
A: The biggest reason I oppose Biden is because he is just
being used as a cover for the Democratic Party. It very
much seems like Biden is not the one pulling the strings and
making the decisions. Things like reading off of teleprompters
for a “town hall”, and Biden claiming he doesn’t support
the Green New Deal, when his campaign website very
clearly states that he does support it. Even his own running
mate referred to the next administration as the Harris
administration, not the Biden administration. When you put
them all together it creates a picture in which Biden is this
puppet for the party.
A: I tend to oppose Donald Trump because I feel like he’s
created a culture that celebrates the far, far right movements
and I don’t think that’s beneficial to the country currently,
when we have such a divided government we can’t get
anything done. So I believe that he’s too far in the right
direction.
Q: Why do you think it is important for
people to vote?
A: Twenty-twenty has been a pretty big year and there
has been a lot of changes as far as COVID-19 and how to
deal with that, and just the presidency in general. A lot of
people haven’t liked Trump, especially regarding the racial
problems that we’ve been experiencing. Twenty-twenty has
been a pretty turbulent year so I definitely think having a
presidential election just to top it all off is going to be pretty
important with showing how the future is going to unfold in
America.
A: I would caution people from voting just to vote. I think
it’s important that if you are going to vote that you research a
lot of information about what you’re going to vote on. Most
of the time the bills that are voted on have something else
attached to them that most people don’t read or know about.
So I think that everyone should be informed as much as
possible when voting.
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safety is the No. 1 priority right now, but
that some officials have gone overboard.
"I believe that certain precautions
are being taken that could be a little
extreme,” Oliver said. “While being
election year, it seems like all parties in
politics just try to please the people with
safety tips rather than talk about what
they are going to do for our county."
With the election just days away, one
of the ways Florida officials have tried to
keep citizens safe is by providing voters
with various options, including mail-in
voting and in-person voting.
Sophomore Faith Collins said she
wants others to be able to vote safely.
"People who cannot go out should take
advantage of the mail-in voting because
it is important to vote, but we should
also keep our citizens safe," Collins said.
Brevard County’s Supervisor of
Elections Lori Scott’s job is to register
voters, educate them about election laws
and qualify candidates and conduct
elections.
"The challenge we face in the election
office is the spread of misinformation,
especially via social media,” Scott said.
Such misinformation is spread through
apps and sites including Instagram,
Twitter and Facebook. Another
challenge officials face, she said, is voter
confusion.
“Election laws, including laws
pertaining to voting-by-mail (absentee)
and mail ballot voting, vary greatly
from state to state and this can cause
confusion,” Scott said.
Scott encourages teens to get involved.
“When pre-registered voters turn
18, they are automatically activated
on the voter rolls and sent their voter
information card,” she said. “Young
people can also start researching
candidates and issues before reaching
voting age. Young voters may also want
to reach out to candidates running
locally to assist with their campaign.”
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