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Third party candidate- Jo Jorgensen rallies in Detroit
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Libertarian Jo Jorgensen stopped in Detroit to meet with supporters and campaign.
ASF
Celebrity endorsement breakdown
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Celebrity endorsements are common during presidential elections. Here is a visual breakdown of the types of endorsement by category.
ASMSU
Despite protest, ASMSU stands by invitations to presidential candidates
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It all started with letters inviting four presidential candidates to speak at Michigan State University: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Gary Johnson and Jill Stein. The invitations, sent by The Associated Students of Michigan State University (ASMSU) on Oct. 5, met mixed opinions on social media. Facebook users took to the comments section to express their disapproval of the decision – particularly the invitation of Trump. Controversy grew when ASMSU began removing comments and blocking users, later restored, that criticized the Republican presidential candidate.
Election 2016
Deadline approaches for voter registration, make your voice heard
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In the immediacy of procrastinated papers, 8 a.m. classes, dull reading assignments, and topped with grueling hours at work, politics can be among the first thing to slip the mind of a college student. Just one month is all that remains before the presidential elections will decide a new leader of the American people. Unregistered voters have an even shorter window, Oct. 11, to ensure that their voice can be heard on election day. “It’s easy to feel minuscule,” said Max Offerman, a freshman environmental economics and management major at MSU and first time voter.
Election 2016
There’s no excuse for election apathy in 2016
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With just over a month until voters head to the polls, some are tired of unregistered Americans not taking this year’s presidential election seriously. Mason Sitar, a chemical engineer at Michigan State University, said he understands some Millennials feeling disenchanted about the political process but said registering and voting is more important now than any other time. “The new policies that are going to be influenced heavily by our next president are going to affect us young people more than any other voting group,” said Sitar. “This is simply because we are going to have a longer time to live with those policies. This is why it is so important to have our voices heard.”
Although she called Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton “very flawed,” Lauren Scott, a 22-year-old MSU communications grad, said she’s trying to convince her “Bernie or bust” friends to vote on Nov.
Election 2016
Monroe citizen pessimistic about election
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“I don’t like the way the elections are going right now,” said Peyton Holtcamp. Saying she isn’t fond of either candidate, Holtcamp described the 2016 election as a mess. “It’s between a nutcase and a nitwit. There is no winning this term,” she said. Holtcamp, 21, is not currently registered to vote, but plans on registering to vote for this year’s election.
michigan voting
Eligible, but unconvinced, MSU voter remains hesitant
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As the presidential election draws nearer, not all potential voters are feeling the political fervor others may be feeling. One Michigan State University student doesn’t intend to even register to vote, given the nation’s current political discourse. “I don’t care much for this election,” said Ryan Riger, a psychology freshman at MSU. “It’s an unfortunate crapshoot for both parties.”
Riger is an 18-year-old Bloomfield Hills native, and 2016 will mark the first presidential election he is eligible to vote for, but he remains unregistered to vote. He explains that he has no intention on changing that, if both primary candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump don’t change their current campaign paths.
Elections & Politics
2016 presidential candidates face off in presidential primaries
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By Kevyn Collier-Roberts
Listen Up Lansing Staff Reporter
With Super Tuesday at a close, the results from the primary elections have set the tone for the beginning of the race, separating the weak from the strong. However, voters all across the state of Michigan are anticipating their turn to cast their votes and have their voices heard in the primary election on March 8. Any registered voter in Michigan is able to participate in the primary election. According to the law, it is required that voters make their ballot selection either in writing by completing the Application to Vote/Ballot Selection on Election Day, or on the Absent Voter Ballot Application form if they are unable to be present on the primary election date. Seeing as though this is the first election as President Obama’s term comes to an end, it is rather important for voters to participate in the various voting opportunities coming up this year.
East Lansing
Millennials "Feel the Bern"
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By Danielle Chesney
Entirely East Lansing
Millennial students are creating clubs to show their dedication to Bernie Sanders, such as the #FeelTheBern MSU group at Michigan State University. While older Democrats may favor Hillary Clinton as their prospective presidential candidate, a poll by NBC News in October 2015 shows that millennials are instead “feeling the Bern” with Bernie Sanders. The poll shows that 54 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 30 would choose to elect Sanders, outweighing Clinton’s 26 percent. “I think that millennials, because they’re young, are idealistic,” said Republican Merri Cullen, 60. “It’s probably one of the coolest ages to be, because you’ve got your whole life ahead of you and you haven’t been jaded yet.
Elections & Politics
58,000 Michigan voters skipped presidential line
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By CAMRYN GINSBERG
Capital News Service
LANSING — More than 58,000 Michigan voters didn’t mark their ballots for any presidential candidate Nov. 6, according to unofficial data from the Secretary of State. That’s twice as many as those who participated in the 2008 election but skipped voting for president. “There will always be those people who are hard to please or cannot make up their mind,” said Bill Ballenger, publisher of the newsletter Inside Michigan Politics. “Some people may have been disappointed in Obama but uninterested in Romney.”
Barack Obama received 2,560,015 votes in the state this year, about 300,000 fewer than in 2008.