Black First-time voters: How they are feeling in the most unpredictable election ever!

Marcus Van Diver

October 28, 2016
How African-American First-time voters are feeling about the upcoming election.
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Intro: As the Election nears its arrival, millions of Americans are waiting for the decisive
November 8- a day in which citizens across the country vote for the next Commander-in-Chief.
Kean Universitys students will place their ballots in the booths on this day, and for first-time
voters, the decision to elect a new President has become a new responsibility. However,
considering the two polarizing candidates of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, new voters feel
as if they are between a rock and a hard place. African American students who are registered to
vote make up around 19% at the university, and the decision could not be tougher to make. In the
midst of a troubling election, Davon Kennedy, a sophomore and Political Science major at Kean,
has seemingly made his decision.
Davon Kennedy In-Cue: Voting for the first time, I wished that I had gotten a better choice of
candidates
Davon Kennedy Out-Cue: I follow more of a Democratic standpoint than a Republican.
Host Transition: Not all African-American students at Kean are as easily connected to Clinton.
Lyle Forbes, an IT major and Sophomore, feels that both candidates will not do much in their
four years.
Lyle Forbes In-Cue: I feel like were pawns...
Lyle Forbes Out-Cue: And Hillary, whos a politician, but to what extent? Its tough.

Host Close:
While Kean students wait for Election day, the countdown to appointing a new President of the
United States continues. For African-American first-time voters the sides are evenly split.
However, this will be an election all students will never forget. For WKNJ-FM 90.3 Union,
NJ...The new sound of Kean University, Im Marcus Van Diver.

Sound Bites:

Davon Kennedy: Voting for the first time, I wish I had gotten a better choice of candidates. I
had really mixed emotions about them, but I can see who I want to be my future president, and
that would probably be Hillary because I follow more of a Democratic standpoint than I would a
Republican.

Lyle Forbes: I feel like were pawns. I feel like were being pandered to by both sides. Now
heres Hillary Clinton, you know, going in a video I have hot sauce in my bag and all that-she
doesnt have hot sauce, shes 67. And here comes Donald Trump saying, oh my AfricanAmerican, you must vote for me. That is just pandering. Its a lot worse than the other races
because we were brought here as slaves, and when you look at both sides, it kinda feels like
were going back to those days. Its looking like we dont have a choice because theyre both
kind of the same candidate with the different sin, and were just wondering which ones better,
which one will hurt us less. Its really messed up. So, as a Black American trying to vote, its
rough, man. I dont really know who Im voting for. One day, I might say Hey, Trump and he
really does tell the truth, but to what extent? And Hillary is a politician, but to what extent? Its
just tough.

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