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The Indiana Daily Student

Students gear up for Tuesday primary

Things are heating up for Tuesday’s Democratic primary, and although finals are over, students are getting ready to cast their votes.\nMost of the 6,985 new-voter registration forms processed in Monroe County in April were IU students, said Jim Fielder, Monroe County clerk and secretary of the Monroe County Election Board, in the April 24 article “Early voting to be held at Union.”\nSophomore Maggie Hirschauer, who is from Indianapolis and registered to vote in Bloomington, said she is voting for Barack Obama on Tuesday. She said one of her friends plans to vote for Hillary Clinton, but most are voting for Obama.\n“I’ve listened to the Democratic debates,” she said. “I like his stance on issues.”\nIU Student Association President Luke Fields said he won’t vote in the primary because he is out of the country. His concern is that students were encouraged to register, but weren’t given enough information about voting itself before they left town after finals.\n“A majority of students are gone now,” he said. “Did they vote early?”\nJunior Sam Schilling said he thinks most students will vote for Obama, who has a large youth following. Schilling said he won’t vote in the primary, but he will vote for John McCain in November. Schilling said he went to Obama’s April 30 rally at Assembly Hall out of curiosity, but it didn’t change his stance.\n“(McCain’s) experience as a senator trumps Hillary and Obama,” Schilling said. “He’ll be better during this time of terrorism.”\nFields said some of his friends will vote in Tuesday’s primary, although they’re Republicans. \n“I have friends, who also fancy themselves game theorists, who support McCain but will go vote strategically for who they think will carry the Democratic primary,” he said.\nFields explained that these “strategic voters” want to \npit McCain against the candidate they think he can defeat in the November presidential election. Nonetheless, Fields said it doesn’t matter who students support.\n“What’s important is that we just go out and do it,” he said.

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