Centurion

Issue date: 11/5/08 Section: Campus News

Media Credit: PHOTO BY KISHA LOWENTHAL SGA VICE PRESIDENT RAVI PATEL (LEFT) WITH COUNCILOR-AT-LARGE SETH GANSMAN SET UP CAMP AT BUCKS' MOCK VOTE

If there was any question as
to whether or not Bucks
would follow the same path
as the rest of the country
when it came to this election,
the answer was given during
last week's mock election.
The students of Bucks made
their voices heard, and they
resoundingly chose Barack
Obama to be their next president.
By corralling more than 67
percent of the vote, Obama
was declared the winner of
the 2008 Bucks Mock
Election.
It had been talked about for
months that young voters
would carry Obama to victory,
and it was no different
here.
As for John McCain, his
persona as appealing to an
older generation hurt him. He
was only able to secure 21
percent of the vote of Bucks
students.
"It was a blow out Obama
wise," said Dave Colello in
the Student Life Center.
Using slips of paper as ballots,
and a regular old box,
they completed the election
the old fashion way. More
than a hundred students
voted just on Monday.
As SGA President John
Skudris counted the ballots
of the hundredsome students
that participated in the
election on Monday, of the
several day voting period,
the findings were not surprising
considering recent
polls and statistics.
This election was so crucial
that it even caused strife
among couples.
One couple had a bit of a
fight when talking about the
election. The guy was voting
for McCain and the girl was
voting for Obama.
With so much at stake,
people were willing to risk
their love life in order to
secure a victory for their candidate.
As for the third party candidates,
Independent Ralph
Nader was able to corral 10
percent of the vote thanks to
many voters decisions that
his experience combined with
his liberal viewpoints on the
issues were enough to warrant
his election.
Libertarian candidate Bob
Barr, who came into this election
with much fanfare but
ended it with few votes, was
only able to receive 1 percent
of the vote. Green party candidate
Cynthia McKinnie also
only received 1 percent of the
vote.
Other students chose to add
"Count Chocula" or "Fluffy"
as their educated choice for
president.
Whether or not Bucks students
actually made it out to
the polls on Tuesday, they at
least made their voices heard
last week in our mock election.
They stood up for their
rights as American citizens
cast their votes in our mock
election; an election that correctly
predicted the outcome
of the real election.

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