Commitment 2022: How Alabama’s candidates are faring with the college crowd and Gen Z
WORLD GAMES. WE ARE INHE T FINAL DSAY NOW BEFORE ALABAMA VOTERS HEAD BACK TO THE POLLS. YOU CAN SEE THE PRIMARY NOW LESS ANTH WAY SIX DAYS FROM TODAY THE CANDIDATES REAYLL IN THE HOME STRETCH CRISS-CROINSSG THE STATE AND MAKING THEIR FINAL CASE TO VOTERS AND THEN ILUDESNC VOTERS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES STATEWIDE MANY OF THOSE VOTERS CONSIDERED A GENERATION Z AND THESE VOTERS WERE BORN BETWEEN 1997 AND 2012. SO THE TIME FRAME STRETCHES FROM ONE BILL CLINTON WAS ELEEDCT TO HIS SECOND TERM ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION ANDP U TO 2012. THAT WAS A YEAR BARACK OBAMA WAS REELECTED. THEES FIVE SANFORD UNIVERSITY STUDENTS TOOK A BREAK FROM STUDYING FORIN FALS LTAS MONTH TO TALK POLITICS. ALL FIVE STUDENTS WERE EITHER REGIERSTED TO VOTE OR PLAN TO REGISTER SO THEY COULD PARTICIPATE IN NEXT TUESDAY’S PRIMARY. WE SPOKE ABOUT WHAT WE’LL GET EMTH TO THE POLLS NEXT WEEK, BUT FIRST, WE TOOK A STEP BACK AND TAEDLK ABOUT WHY THEY’RE VOTING AND EVEN WHAT PARTY THEYEE S AS THEIR POLITICAL HOME HOW MANY WOULD IDENTIFY AS REPUBLICAN? HOW MANY WOULD IDENTIFY AS DEMOCRAT? HOW MANY INDEPENDENT PARTY AFFILIATION REALLY ISN’T SO CUT AND DRY FOR THIS GROUP RANGING FROM FRESHMAN TO JUNIOR IN COLLEG WEHILE SOME STUDENTS SAID THEY DO IDENTIFY LEFT OR RIGHT BASEDN O PARTY VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OTHERS. DO NOT ONE STUDENT TELLING ME HE FEELS A BIT POLITICALLY. HOMELESS ANOTHER SAID SHE’S UNCOMFORTABLE IDENTIFYING EITHER WAY. SO WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THIS NEXT GENERATION OF VOTERS KNOWNS A GEN Z. WHAT ARE THE BIG ISSUES THAT MATTER TO YOU ALL ONE HUGE ISSUE TO ME PERSONAYLL IS PROTECTING IS PROTECTING THE UNBORN THE ECONOMY IS IMPORNTTA TO ME AS WELL INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY. THOSE ARE THE MOST PREVALENT ISSUES THAT I LLWI CONSIDERATION WHEN I VOTE CHARACTER IS A BIG ONE FOR ME TOO. I’D SAY I’D LIKE SOMEBODY WHO I KNOW THAT I COULD TRUST ANDHO W I THINK COULD LEAD EFFECTIVELY AN D THAT’S PRETTY EASY TO TLEL SOMETIMES UM WITH OUR POLITICIANS RIGHT NOW AND YOU CAN KIND OFAU GGE THEY’RE LIKE CHARACTERND A THEIR MORALS SO I DEFINITELY SAY THAT STUFF LIKE ON THE FOREFRONT OF MY THOUGHTS. IT’S TRACK RECORD. I THINK THAT IS KIND OF A GAME AND CAN STAY A LOT OF STUFF WHEN YOU’RE RUNNING AND WNHE YOU’RE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, BUT ONCE YOU’RE IN OFFICE YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH NOT FULFILLING THOSE PROMISES. YOU’VE MADE YROU CONSTITUENTS. SO TRACK RECORD CONSISTENCY INTEGRITY. BARBARA HAND CLOSED DOORS MA TTERS AS WELL. I WAS LIKE, I CAN’T SEE THAT BUT IT SHOWS WHEN YOU’RE YOU KNOW, LYON YOUR ACTNSIO AND ALSO BELIEVE THAT FAIRNESS SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OFHE T LIST AS WELL BECAUSE SOME OF THESE OFFICIALS JUST MAKE DECISNSIO AND THEY ONLY CONSIDER ONE PART OF IT WHEN I FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE LAST COUPLE OF THINGS. I WITH EVERYONE AT THE STABLE CHARACTER IS SUPER IMPORNTTA VAESLU ARE SUPER IMPORTANT INTEGRITY THINGS, YOU KNOW AND LIKE I BELIEVE IT WAS ISAAC THAT SAID YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE DOORS. SHUT BUT YOU CAN LOOK BACK IN THE PTAS AND SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT HAS BEEN PUSHED THROUGH. JUST PTAR OF A REALLY FASCINATING CONVERSATION WITH THESE FIVE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AN CDOMING UP NEXT WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ONE RACE ON THE BALLOT NEXT WEEK. THEY SAY WE’LL GET THEM TO THE POLLS ON TUESDAY AND WHERE THEY GO
Commitment 2022: How Alabama’s candidates are faring with the college crowd and Gen Z
Updated: 2:47 PM CDT May 23, 2022
On May 24, Alabamians will head to the polls to decide which candidates will advance to the general election in November. In the video above, WVTM 13’s Ian Reitz spoke with students at Samford University to gauge how our state’s candidates are making an impact with the younger crowd of voters.Get the WVTM 13 app for the latest updates on the 2022 general election. IMPORTANT DATESMay 9: Voter registration deadlineMay 17: Last day to apply by mail for an absentee ballotMay 19: Last day to apply in person for an absentee ballotMay 24: Primary electionJune 21: Primary Runoff ElectionNov. 8: General ElectionVOTERSAbsentee VotingAssistance for Voters with DisabilitiesCounty Election OfficialsCOVID-19 Resources Related to VotingElection InformationElection LawsElections DataFind Your Elected Official MapFind Your Polling LocationMilitary/Overseas VotingPoll Worker InformationProvisional Ballot StatusVote in Honor of a VeteranVoter ID requirementsVoter RegistrationWhy Vote?
On May 24, Alabamians will head to the polls to decide which candidates will advance to the general election in November. In the video above, WVTM 13’s Ian Reitz spoke with students at Samford University to gauge how our state’s candidates are making an impact with the younger crowd of voters.
Get the WVTM 13 app for the latest updates on the 2022 general election.
IMPORTANT DATES
- May 9: Voter registration deadline
- May 17: Last day to apply by mail for an absentee ballot
- May 19: Last day to apply in person for an absentee ballot
- May 24: Primary election
- June 21: Primary Runoff Election
- Nov. 8: General Election
