{"id":896,"date":"2016-10-17T17:13:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T03:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/workable-level.flywheelsites.com\/?p=896"},"modified":"2016-10-17T17:27:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T03:27:13","slug":"kcc-students-consider-options-for-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/17\/kcc-students-consider-options-for-presidential-election\/","title":{"rendered":"KCC Students Consider Options for Presidential Election"},"content":{"rendered":"
BY CHRIS TAKAHASHI<\/a> | STAFF WRITER<\/span><\/h5>\n

KCC Liberal Arts student Courtney Tyler is from the decidedly Republican state of Texas. She also comes from a very strong Republican household. She is exactly the type of millennial that you might expect to be a Donald Trump supporter.<\/span><\/p>\n

When asked about who she will support in the Nov.\u00a08 election, Tyler said, \u201cProbably Hillary Clinton. I don\u2019t really like either of them very much, but I feel that Donald Trump is kind of ignorant. I don\u2019t think he knows much about politics.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Courtney Tyler, Texas native and KCC student, will most likely support Clinton. (Photo by Chris Takahashi)\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

In many ways, this has not been an ordinary election.<\/span><\/p>\n

After making his way through a very crowded Republican primary, business mogul Trump has electrified the airwaves in his path to becoming the GOP\u2019s presidential nominee. He at once will lampoon what he calls the \u201cliberal media\u201d all the while benefiting greatly from countless hours of air-time on the major networks. <\/span><\/p>\n

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton contrasts sharply in her approach. She went more than nine months without a single press conference in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

Controversy is the one thing Clinton and Trump seem to have in common, however.<\/span><\/p>\n

In July, the FBI deemed Clinton \u201cextremely careless\u201d for using a private email server to handle classified information, knowingly or not, in her former role as secretary of state. This incident has prompted crowds at Trump campaign rallies to chant \u201clock her up.\u201d Trump even suggested in the debate on Oct. 9 that she (Clinton) would be in jail if he became president.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump appeared to be refocusing attention on Clinton after his own campaign experienced a major setback in early October. A recording from 2005 resurfaced, and in it, Trump makes lewd comments about making sexual advances on non-consenting women. In the aftermath, many leading Republican officials and politicians announced they could not condone such behavior, including Republican Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, and Trump\u2019s own running mate, Mike Pence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Putting controversy aside, this campaign will prove historic in presidential firsts. If Clinton wins, she will be the first woman president in the history of the United States. If Trump wins, he will be the first person elected president without previously holding a position in either the government or the military.<\/span><\/p>\n

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J.R. Sele is skeptical of Trump’s foreign policy experience. (Photo by Chris Takahashi)\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n

According to KCC student J.R. Sele, a second-year Nursing candidate, the lack of political experience from Trump raises questions, especially with regards to what he says about foreign policy. Sele said he will\u00a0be supporting Clinton in this election.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For some students, the presidential debates offer a chance to make a pragmatic assessment of the two candidates, irrespective of the political coverage gracing the covers of tabloids or one\u2019s Facebook newsfeed.<\/span><\/p>\n

KCC student Matthew Furusho is unregistered to vote \u2013 he\u2019s only 17 \u2013 but he did watch both debates. If he were to vote, he\u2019d choose Clinton because based on what he saw, \u201cshe seems like she\u2019s the better candidate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Korey Pang, a KCC student seeking a Hospitality and Tourism degree, is registered to vote and watched the debates. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI predetermined that I wasn\u2019t going to pay too much attention [to the debates] because, you know, you really can\u2019t take these two seriously,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Korey Pang prefers Green Party candidate Jill Stein. (photo by Chris Takahashi)<\/p><\/div>\n

Pang said he would consider casting a vote for Green Party candidate Jill Stein.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many students interviewed on campus said they either did not care about Trump or Clinton, or did not plan to vote. Hawai\u2018i historically has low voter turnout. Less than half of those eligible to vote did so in 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Nov.\u00a08 election is a recognized holiday at KCC. To find your nearest polling place, visit https:\/\/olvr.hawaii.gov<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

To read all of Chris\u2019 stories, click here<\/a>. Chris can be reached at cbt79@hawaii.edu.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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