Politics+At+Hunt

"Politics At Hunt" Written By: Bella Farkas + Maggie Barlow March 28, 2016

When we originally had the idea to interview people (students and teachers) from around the school about their political views we weren’t exactly sure what sort of answers we would receive. Would they be strictly democratic and pro Bernie Sanders, our very own senator? Could we even get a teacher to public voice their opinions to two of their students? We were surprised to find how varied many opinions were when it came to our next president.

Most people in our school, as we expected, told us that they are horrified with Donald J. Trump’s behavior, among whom was Mr. Treinis calling him a racist, sexest, bigot. On the other hand, we did find one student who was pro Donald Trump, his name is Spencer Stillwell. When asked why he supports Trump, Spencer told us, “The real question is why not? Because Donald Trump is not afraid to say things that other candidates are too afraid to say. Donald trump is also not afraid to boost himself up by stepping on other people, unlike Jeb bush, who had his mom help him with campaigning. I like his stance on the wall that would separate Mexico from the US. I think that the cost should be split half and half and that the wall should be a thick brick wall, it's also good because Mexico keeps its population and we get to keep our jobs.”

Only one other student that we interviewed voiced their support for a republican candidate. Rejos Neopaney told us that he strongly supports Ted Cruz in this upcoming election adding that, “Ted Cruz is not a racist republican, but he is still cut throat like the other republicans.” He told us that, “Democrats are baby-faced.” “Ted Cruz knows what he wants and he is precise. He is also most likely to support the Hispanics on immigration.”

Between Democratic supporters that we interviewed, half of them supported Bernie Sanders and half of them supported Hillary Clinton. Among the half that supported Bernie was Chloe Debedout, an eighth grader on the Phoenix Team. “Bernie would be a great president, but Hillary would be a good president too,” she told us. Many others at our school shared this sentiment, including Mr. Treinis, Theo and Miles Ellis-Nvotney, Sabin Hart and Zane Telesford. Though Zane was leaning more strongly towards Bernie, his reason being that, “Bernie is straightforward about his beliefs and is known to stand by his opinions, unlike Hillary.” This seemed to be a common theme amongst Bernie supporters, which Sabin elaborated on, saying that Bernie Sanders is “the most honest, true, and determined with his views, [he’s] not changing them to support the public.”

Theo and Ellis Nvotney on the other hand, are leaning towards Hillary Clinton. Saying that, “She would be a stronger candidate against the republican candidate.” One thing that democratic voters must keep in mind. And while all democrats we interviewed may not have agreed completely on which democratic candidate should be their representative for president, they all agree on one thing. Donald J. Trump cannot be our next president. While all of the people we interviewed had their reasons, Mrs. Daigle seemed to sum up everybody's thought and feelings best, saying that “you can't in good conscience act natural about behavior like Donald Trump’s.”

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We recently set up a school-wide survey to find out where people stood on the upcoming election. Here are the results:


 * Kasic ||  Trump  ||  Clinton  ||  Sanders  ||  Cruz  ||  Obama  ||  Anyone but Trump  ||  Teddy Roosevelt  ||
 * 2% ||  4%  ||  18%  ||  58%  ||  6%  ||  2%  ||  8%  ||  2%  ||


 * Democrat ||  Republican  ||  Independant  ||  Unsure  ||
 * 76% ||  10%  ||  12%  ||  2%  ||