Has the abundance of texts received by students about voting impacted their likelihood to vote and who will they be voting for? 

Name: Abby Burke

Age: Senior 

Major: Media and Journalism 

Hometown: McVeytown, PA

 “I don’t think it has impacted who I am voting for, but it’s really annoying. Since I have voted before, and I am registered with a party, it seems over the top for them to keep trying to convince me when I know what I am going to do.”

Name: Diego Herrera

Age: Freshman 

Major: Business 

Hometown: Mifflinburg, PA

 “Yes because it made us more aware of who was a better candidate.”

Name: Simon Snook

Age: Freshman 

Major: Finance 

Hometown: Lewisburg, PA

“I don’t think it affected who I voted for but it affected me registering, because I registered on campus. That’s the only reason I voted, because it was easy to register on campus.

Name: Sophie Mancuso

Age: Sophomore 

Major: Physical education 

Hometown: Tunkhanock, PA

“If a text message is telling you to vote or who to vote for, and that’s what’s making your decision final, then you have no backbone.”

Name: Charlie Vandine

Age: Sophomore 

Major: Psychology

Hometown: Laporte, PA

“it didn’t impact me, it just made me mad. I feel like if your beliefs are that fragile, you should do more research.”