| Show The Most Important Game in Voting Town Julie Contributing Writer The life of an eighteen to twenty-one twenty year old generally is in the voting booth said Professor of Political S Science ence JD J.D. Williams His career spans years of extensive extensive extensive ex ex- involvement in politics from running for the theUS theUS theUS US Senate to Founding Director Director Director tor of the Hinckley Institute of Politics and thirty-seven thirty years teaching at the University of Utah Politics is the most important important important tant game in town town- said Wil Wil- liams In 1980 79 percent of male female college students voted which is well above the 53 percent general electorate who turned out According to Williams voting among black college students was as high as 71 per per- cent Women college students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents outperformed the them themen men en student Melisa Johnson 18 chooses to exercise exercise exer exer- cise se her right in the voting booth this fall falland and stresses too many people complain about who and how their country is run They can make a difference by voting Jim Jex 22 also an student student student stu stu- stu- stu dent said If nobody voted nobody would get elected My vote does make a dif dif- dif dif- ference It is a privilege to vote so I will But I dont don't want to vote because I dont don't like the candidates said j Jex ex Most of the time they do put on a facade Angela Bagley 20 a University University University sity of Utah student said Its a hard job and somebody has hasto hasto hasto to do de it and they do it the best way they can Johnson added Very few seem to be fundamentally good people Bagley said We have a unique unique unique uni uni- que government and I want to tobe tobe tobe be a part of it She will be in inthe inthe inthe the voting booth on election day University of Utah Political Science major Jon Hansen 22 said he feels an obligation I Iwa wa want t my opinion to be heard Hansen feels that college students are not well informed informed informed in in- formed about politics because of apathy They are too involved involved involved in in- in other things Bagley stated that students arent aren't well informed about politics What they do know knowis is influenced by their parents They dont don't know the ropes At said Jex politics is isan isan isan an individual issue but at bigger bigger bigger big big- ger colleges there are student political parties to help students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents get involved In expressing her opinions on how informed students are arc about political issues j Johnson said College students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents are more informed than high school students but then who isn't In a more serious tone she said I dont don't really like politics I just started paying closer attention recently because because because be be- cause now I can vote |
