Scot Schraufnagel, chair of the political science department, who specializes in U.S. Congress, Political Parties, Elections and U.S. Presidency said the Sept. 26 debate ended up being a rehash of former policies.

with research published such as “Candidate Age and Youth Voter Turnout,”

Rehash of policies; nothing new. We watch bc think there might be some new policy but there wasn’t anything new there.

increasingly people are paying attention to body language because there is such little sustenance. I’m a big advocate for third party. But a vote for a third party is considered a dead vote. Democrats and Republicans are going to win some states, third party going to pick Democrat cannot win under current election laws. Forced into having to support one of the two major candidate opponents in order to have something

Your vote counts in your state. If you were the person to give Clinton or Trump, then you would’ve given. swing states their vote counts even more there because its more competitive. But what I would encourage students to vote for all the other things on the ballot.  

The second presidential debate begins 8 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 9

Lester Holt, NBC Nightly News anchor, mediated the presidential debate between presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Sept. 26 at Hostra University in Hempstead, New York.

Andrea Mitchell, an NBC news reporter covering the Clinton campaign, said Trump brings in a large crowd which Clinton can benefit from since she does not draw as sizable of a crowd.

“She needs to relate to people, especially millennial voters,” Mitchell said.

Watch the first presidential debate on YouTube.

Local voting begins Oct. 24

Early voting begins today in DeKalb County, but polls will not open on campus until Oct. 24. Click here to register online or at polling stations.

DeKalb Township, 2323 S. Fourth St.

Early and grace period voting

Holmes Student Center, Blackhawk Annex

Early and grace period voting

Election Day