THE DAILY
MISSISSIPPIAN
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Volume 105, No. 26
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Presidential debate 2016
Ole Miss students, faculty talk politics after watching Clinton and Trump face off for the first time
PHOTOS: ASSOCIATED PRESS JULIO CORTEZ, PATRICK SEMANSKY
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (left) and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speak during the presidential debate Monday in Hempstead, New York.
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round 100 students gathered in the Residential College Southâs common area to watch Republican nominee Donald Trump take on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the first 2016 presidential debate Monday night. Topics discussed by the candidates ranged from the economy, Americaâs direction and national security. Trump made points about bringing law and order back in the country. He discussed violence in big cities like Chicago, and said America needs better relationships between the community and police. He also stressed that America has to bring back jobs that have been outsourced to other countries by giving companies incentive to expand here.
Clinton relied on her past in politics to prove her experience and to appeal as the better candidate, boasting her political career as former senator and secretary of state. Clinton vowed to raise minimum wage, guarantee equal pay for women, make America a clean energy superpower and make college more affordable. Assistant professor of political science Sue Ann Skipworth said she thought Clintonâs answers seemed to be more polished than Trumpâs. âYou could tell (Clintonâs) preparation was probably greater and that shined through in her answers,â Skipworth said. âTrump had some difficulty staying on point with some of his responses but seemed to make some good points here and there. Was it enough? I donât know. Weâll see tomorrow, see what public opinion is. But overall you can tell definitely the level of preparedness or
the degree to which each were polished in their answers.â Marvin P. King, Jr., associate professor of political science and African-American studies, said although Trump did lose focus at times, he gave his supporters what they wanted to hear. âTrump clearly is about riling up his base, his primary voters, and getting them mad about the state of America,â King said. âHe talked about all the problems with free trade, devastated economies, devastated inner cities and getting people worked up and mad. It was reminiscent of his convention speech, that kind of tone. Thatâs going to play well with his base, so he did that well.â King said one critique people might have about Clinton is that she was sometimes clinical, and condescending to Trump. âClinton, much of her cam-
own lives,â Smith said. âThe things that he says and advocates, heâs just not what a Republican should be.â After discovering third-party candidate and Libertarian Gary Johnson this summer, Smith became a registered Libertarian. With a fiscally conservative and socially tolerant agenda, Smith said he felt Gary Johnson embodied what he hadnât found in Trump. âWhen people think about Libertarians they think of radical
dudes on the Internet who want to secede again,â Smith said. âThe basic principle is letting individuals make choices for themselves and their own life, like how they want to spend their money, or if they want to marry somebody. As long as what theyâre doing doesnât affect anybody else in an adverse way then itâs totally acceptable.â After donating to Johnsonâs campaign, Smith soon received an email searching for high school, college and any other individuals interested in creating a local chap-
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PHOTO BY: ARIEL COBBERT
About 100 students gather in the Residential College to watch the 2016 live stream Presidential Debate.
Dissatisfaction leads voters to third party platforms ALEXIS NEELY
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The 2016 election cycle has presented a challenge to those who were otherwise certain of their political identities and stances. Junior political science major Dalton Smith has always identified as a Republican, but for the first time, he finds himself in complete disagreement with the partyâs nominee, Donald Trump. âA Republican should be for people making choices in their
ter for an organization in support of the Libertarian candidate. Smith emailed back right away. A day later, he received a phone call and underwent background checking before being permitted to charter a group. After signing a form, gathering a group of supporters, writing a constitution and finding a faculty advisor, the rest was history. And as president of Ole Missâ chapter of Students for Gary Johnson, Smith said he plans to remain a Libertarian until there
are changes within the Republican Party and he is motivated to switch again. However, Smith said he does doubt Johnson can win the election. âA lot of people tell me that Iâm wasting my vote by voting for Gary Johnson,â he said. âI think that people that say that donât really care what you have to say. The more people that vote for him in this election, the more traction the
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