Coppock

If there is one thing that can be agreed upon by young voters, it is that there needs to be a change. From all corners of politics, race, gender and sexuality, change is the main theme in the political conversations of college-age individuals. Students at Davis & Elkins College — many of whom are voting by absentee ballot because they are from different states — feel that the things they’re hearing are more of the same. Samantha Simone, a registered Republican from Fairfax, Va., will be voting for Sen. John McCain this fall. His foreign policies and approach to the conclusion of the war in Iraq, she says, are what drew her to him. When asked about Sen. Barack Obama and his policies, Simone said she was dissuaded by the presidential candidate’s statements. “I don’t trust what he has to say,” she said. However, the D&E senior did say that many young people will be voting for Obama because of his appeal to the younger voter — and McCain’s lack thereof.