The College Democrats were getting ready to watch Wednesday’s debate, while the College Republicans were meeting with 35th District Sen. Brad Burzynski (R-Ill.).

Both College Democrats and Republicans gathered at Stevenson North, with Democrats in the New Orleans Room and Republicans in the Fishbowl.

College Republicans Chairman Andrew Bogda said he believes Sen. John McCain has performed well over the last two presidential debates.

“He’s definitely demonstrated himself as the comeback kid and it’s going to be really close,” Bogda said.

College Democrats President Tony Wadas said Sen. Barack Obama is doing a better job at presenting the issues than McCain.

“He’s descriptive and displayed a better understanding of the environment, economy and all the issues facing us today,” Wadas said.

Burzynski said the results of the debates may be inclusive.

“I don’t think that we’ll know the outcome until the night the votes come in,” Burzynski said. “The results hinge a lot on the voter turnout, and a lot of people I think are still undecided.”

Burzynski spoke of the trickle effect theory the presidential campaigns may have on this year’s local elections.

“I think that the Republican Party is running strong this year, but this year’s presidential election outcome could have quite the effect on us locally,” Burzynski said.

Ryan Beebe, College Democrats vice president, said Obama backed up all his arguments even though McCain was on the attack Wednesday night.

“McCain kind of came out with guns flaring,” Beebe said. “He crossed the line a couple times.”

Jason Dollens, freshman business major, said the last debate is a tough one since the candidates have such different viewpoints.

“It definitely gave a lot more conversation between the candidates,” Dollens said. “This debate was better than I was expecting.”