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Students plan to vote for upcoming presidential primaries by LEANNE HAAS staff writer

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arly voting has already begun for the 2016 presidential primaries in Texas. The election will be open to all beginning March 1. For many students at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, this year’s presidential election will be their first time participating as voters. “I think it’s important for us to vote,” junior bio-medical major Ashley Cooper said. “Our age range is going to pick the president that’s really going to run the country.” Texas is an open primary state, which means that citizens can vote for a Democratic or Republican candidate regardless of their party identification. In the presidential primaries, voters choose the person they want to represent their party in the general election. One of the largest issues this campaign season revolves around is the cost of college education and young college-age students are a large demographic. Whether students are for or against more government assistance in their college education, this election season will allow them a chance to influence the vote. Immigration is another hot topic this election season and South Texas is at the epicenter of impact. Other big issues this election season are healthcare reform, environmental

issues like global warming, and gun control an issue Texas is very familiar with, especially since the recently passed open-carry law allowing CHL-holders to openly carry their handguns wherever concealed-carry is permitted. Freshman Alexis Galjour, whose major is undeclared, plans to vote for the first time in the upcoming primary elections and she urges her fellow students to do the same. “I think it’s super important for students/young people to vote so that they can be a part of the next step of our nation,” Galjour said. “But I encourage those that are planning on voting to be well-informed about all of the candidates before making their decision.” Some citizens have already begun voting in their states’ primary elections, and results have been calculated for both Iowa and New Hampshire. Iowa citizens began voting Feb. 1, and was the first state to hold the caucus elections. New Hampshire held their primary elections a week later on Feb. 9. Ted Cruz came out on top in Iowa’s Republican caucus with 27.6 percent of the peoples’ vote. Donald Trump came trailing second with 24.3 percent of the Republican vote. Iowa’s Democratic caucus was a much closer vote, with Hillary Clinton coming out on top with 49.9 percent of the Democratic vote. Trailing

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just a hair behind Clinton is Bernie Sanders with a 49.6 percent vote. Martin O’Malley is expected to drop out of the presidential race having received only .6 percent of the Iowa Democratic vote. The early beginnings of this election season are dwindling the candidate pool on both sides of the parties. Republicans Carly Fiorina and Chris Christie recently dropped out of the presidential race as Cruz, Trump and Marco Rubio climb their way to the top three spots. New Hampshire’s presidential primaries churned out very different results than Iowa. While Marco

Rubio may have caught the attention of Iowa, he has not won the favor of New Hampshire Republicans as he placed fifth, behind Jeb Bush. New Hampshire was also the first state to vote for Donald Trump as the winner of a state primary, with 35.3 percent of the vote. John Kasich followed second place with only half the votes Trump received. Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire Democratic primaries in a landslide with 60 percent of the vote. With such drastic numbers on both sides of the parties, New Hampshire voters seem to know what they want.

NUECES COUNTY 2016 ELECTION LOCATIONS NUECES COUNTY COURTHOUSE 901 Leopard Street Corpus Christi, TX

CORPUS CHRISTI AREA COUNCIL FOR THE DEAF 5151 McArdle Rd, Corpus Christi

DEL MAR COLLEGE

(HELDENFELS ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING) 101 Baldwin Blvd. Corpus Christi, TX

ELLIS MEMORIAL LIBRARY

700 W Avenue A. Port Aransas, TX

ETHEL EYERLY SENIOR CENTER 654 Graham Rd. Corpus Christi, TX

KAFFIE MIDDLE SCHOOL

(MAIN BUILDING) 5922 Brockhampton St. Corpus Christi, TX

MAGEE ELEMENTRY- STAR ANNEX (TRAINING ROOM) 4201 Calallen Dr. Corpus Christi, TX

PEERLESS CLEANERS

2802 Sante Fe St. Corpus Christi, TX

SCHLITTERBAHN

14353 Commodores Dr. Corpus Christi, TX

VALENCIA HALL

6110 Ayers St. Corpus Christi, TX

GREENWOOD SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER

PETRONILA ELEMENTARY

4040 Greenwood Rd. Corpus Christi, TX

(CAFETERIA) 2391 CO Rd. Robstown, TX

HILLTOP COMMUNITY CENTER

BISHOP COMMUNITY CENTER

11425 Leopard St. Corpus Christi, TX

102 W. Joyee St. Bishop, TX


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