Students tune in to debate

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There are three things voters look for. The first being people who are republican tend to vote for a republican candidate and democrats will vote for the democrat candidate. The second trigger is if they are part of the independent party or of no party they will look at the image. Surprisingly, issues at hand are only of third importance. Hedtke said, “Kerry won the debate on issues and image. He was the bigger winner on image.”

Hedtke also spoke about how college students usually will back the candidate whom they are supporting. “Students that are hardcore Democrat or Republican will go and support that candidate unless they really mess up,” he said.

In regards to the next two debates Hedtke said, “Bush had more to lose than Kerry; polls show he was able to close the gap with Bush. The next two debates will be very important.”

If you are interested in watching the next two debates, the sec-