OBAMA Vs. Romney 2012 by rachel dick
It’s that time of year again. Young and old are racing to the polls, and public service announcements are all over television. The elephant and the donkey go head to head this year in the biggest event Washington D.C. has seen since 2008: the presidential election.
Many Germantown High seniors are old enough to vote this year, and most of them have very definite views on which candidate will get their support. Being in a Southern state, conservative Republican candidate Mitt Romney has the majority vote among the young voters at GHS.
“I’m very into Mitt Romney,” senior Jimmy Birkholz said.
Though the Romney supporters make up most of the Germantown populace, various students have said that Democratic liberal candidate Barack Obama has a better idea about health care and the economy than his opponent.
“I’ll pretty much be voting for Barack Obama,” senior transfer Dre Rose said. “The health care thing is helping me and my family out. And I think it’s a really good opportunity for kids going from high school to college.”
Besides being certain of why their particular candidate gets their vote, students also have very specific complaints about the other. The grievances about Obama mostly have to do with the economic imbalance that has plagued the country for the last four years.
“I don’t agree with everything that Obama’s done,” senior Callie Compton said. “I don’t really agree with all the bailouts we’ve had early on in his presidency, and I don’t want that to continue.”
Many students share this opinion and feel that Obama has not delivered as much as he should in his presidency.
“I find the lack of him commenting on gas prices going up every year to be annoying,” Birkholz said.
Romney has not exactly been scandal free, either. A popular opinion among Democrats is that he has no real plan to fix the current economic recession.
“[Romney’s] story changes every time I listen to him,” Rose said.
The economy is typically the first response when asked what the pressing issue is in this election.
“I’m most concerned about gas prices, Syria, and the economy, but not in that order,” Birkholz said. “The economy comes first.”
Republican or Democrat, this opinion is shared. The economy has been at the forefront of every political discussion since the current recession began to take its toll on the lower and middle class.
“Overall, I’m mostly concerned about the economy because right now there’s a lot of people still out of work, and I’m trying to get a job myself,” Rose said.
It has been claimed that teens and young adults do not really follow politics; they just go along with what their family says is right. While many families are on the same page when it comes to politics, students say their conclusions are all their own.
“I hate to be the stereotypical ‘I’m on the same page as my parents’ person, but it’s true,” Compton said. “I did a lot of research into it, though, before I followed what they did.”
Only time will tell which candidate will come out on top. But until then, Germantown High students will be following their candidates right up to the polls.
“This year, I’ll be old enough to make my own decision,” Rose said.
Many Germantown High seniors are old enough to vote this year, and most of them have very definite views on which candidate will get their support. Being in a Southern state, conservative Republican candidate Mitt Romney has the majority vote among the young voters at GHS.
“I’m very into Mitt Romney,” senior Jimmy Birkholz said.
Though the Romney supporters make up most of the Germantown populace, various students have said that Democratic liberal candidate Barack Obama has a better idea about health care and the economy than his opponent.
“I’ll pretty much be voting for Barack Obama,” senior transfer Dre Rose said. “The health care thing is helping me and my family out. And I think it’s a really good opportunity for kids going from high school to college.”
Besides being certain of why their particular candidate gets their vote, students also have very specific complaints about the other. The grievances about Obama mostly have to do with the economic imbalance that has plagued the country for the last four years.
“I don’t agree with everything that Obama’s done,” senior Callie Compton said. “I don’t really agree with all the bailouts we’ve had early on in his presidency, and I don’t want that to continue.”
Many students share this opinion and feel that Obama has not delivered as much as he should in his presidency.
“I find the lack of him commenting on gas prices going up every year to be annoying,” Birkholz said.
Romney has not exactly been scandal free, either. A popular opinion among Democrats is that he has no real plan to fix the current economic recession.
“[Romney’s] story changes every time I listen to him,” Rose said.
The economy is typically the first response when asked what the pressing issue is in this election.
“I’m most concerned about gas prices, Syria, and the economy, but not in that order,” Birkholz said. “The economy comes first.”
Republican or Democrat, this opinion is shared. The economy has been at the forefront of every political discussion since the current recession began to take its toll on the lower and middle class.
“Overall, I’m mostly concerned about the economy because right now there’s a lot of people still out of work, and I’m trying to get a job myself,” Rose said.
It has been claimed that teens and young adults do not really follow politics; they just go along with what their family says is right. While many families are on the same page when it comes to politics, students say their conclusions are all their own.
“I hate to be the stereotypical ‘I’m on the same page as my parents’ person, but it’s true,” Compton said. “I did a lot of research into it, though, before I followed what they did.”
Only time will tell which candidate will come out on top. But until then, Germantown High students will be following their candidates right up to the polls.
“This year, I’ll be old enough to make my own decision,” Rose said.