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"Greetings from New Hampshire! The candidates are everywhere, it seems. In just the last 36 hours, we&amp;#x27;ve seen McCain, Bill Clinton, Obama (and buddy Larry David), Bill Richardson and others here on campus. Does all this facetime result in votes? I canvassed some of my gal pals voting in today&amp;#x27;s Democratic primary about who they&amp;#x27;d be casting their ballots for and why. Jen, 22, from New York, says she&amp;#x27;s voting for Hillary. &amp;quot;Her previous political experience makes her a more qualified candidate than the other leading Democrats. I think that Bill Clinton made important progress, much of which I think George Bush has undone, and I think Hillary is the right candidate to go back to [Bill] Clinton&amp;#x27;s ideas and ideals and begin to push them forward again. We need someone who has proven that she knows how to get the job done.&amp;quot; Kentucky native Jean Ellen, also 22, isn&amp;#x27;t as keen on Clinton. &amp;quot;Hillary&amp;#x27;s too divisive&amp;amp;#8212;the Republicans hate her,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;I like Obama a lot. He might be the only one that I really like...but I could still be swayed.&amp;quot; Christine, 20, from Vermont, is all for Obama: &amp;quot;He inspires me. Listening to him speak, I feel hopeful for the future of the nation and a renewal of faith in American politics. I also think he&amp;#x27;s the only candidate, Republican or Democrat, who can unite, rather than divide.&amp;quot; Kelsey, 20, a self-described moderate Californian who has previously told me she was open to voting for the right candidate from either party (in NH, you can decide which party primary you want to vote in on the day of the primary), decided to vote for Obama too. &amp;quot;I think Obama has the best chance of winning and rebranding our country&amp;#x27;s image internationally,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;And I actually got the impression that he believes what he says.&amp;quot; That, and Kelsey appreciates his focus on youth voters. &amp;quot;All the candidates, everything they&amp;#x27;re talking about applies to me, but the fact that Obama comes out and speaks to me directly makes a difference. It shows that he&amp;#x27;s willing to listen to what young people have to say.&amp;quot; Yasmin, 21, told me she appreciates Obama&amp;#x27;s youth appeal but, &amp;quot;The woman aspect is more important to me because I feel like the country is more ready to accept a woman than a minority/ex-Muslim. I would love to see Clinton in office. Besides the fact that a female president would be a huge step for our country, I think that Hillary has the potential to use both experience and presence to her advantage, especially in foreign affairs.&amp;quot; You have the results from my little survey. The rest of New Hampshire makes its choice as well today, of course, and polls are projecting Obama to come out 9 or 10 points ahead of Clinton. What do you think&amp;#x27;ll happen? How do you think today will affect the rest of the race? &amp;amp;#8212;Elise"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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