Purple States

In the political world, the United States is divided into “Red States” for the Republican Party and “Blue States” for the Democratic Party. But there is much buzz about the emergence of new “purple states”. In today’s political atmosphere, many states are becoming wish-washier, not having a clear distinction between red or blue, and therefore are being dubbed purple. This creates a number of problems. One being that the candidates cannot tell if they are carrying a purple state. It makes campaigning much harder for the presidential candidates. Also it creates a mixed sense within the state about the feeling politically.
Students on the Quinnipiac campus have been dubbed among the extremely apathetic among the university world. But to talk to some of the students on campus, it would seem to be a very diverse campus in relation to the election. Sarah, a sophomore health science major, said she was planning on focusing in on the campaigns more closely now that the election is rapidly approaching. She said that she favors McCain right now, and doesn’t see how Obama could possibly be elected. Jon, a senior psychology major, said he will e voting for Obama, and that he has followed the election since the beginning, and he is looking forward to seeing the next 2 debates. Talking to these young voters, one doesn’t get the impression that they are confused. But interesting to note, none of the students I talked to was quite sure of their states current color. They knew the main leaning, but they weren’t sure if the state had recently become purple.