If voters right here at Oyster River Excessive Faculty in liberal Durham, N.H., had been excited to vote, it wasn’t due to the candidates on their ballots. Take Caroline Dishaw, a scholar on the close by College of New Hampshire, who wrote in President Biden’s identify.
“I feel it’s horrible,” Dishaw, 20, advised me after I requested concerning the possible rematch between the 2 circa-80 males. “The truth that they’re the perfect we are able to scrum up altogether doesn’t paint a superb image for the way forward for the nation.”
Dishaw’s buddy Ella DeCesare, 19, stated she voted for Nikki Haley partially as a result of she’s operating towards Donald Trump. How does she really feel about Trump versus Biden? “Unhappy.”
Outdoors, a bunch of retirees waved indicators urging voters to jot down in Biden’s identify.
“I used to be a federal worker for 50 years,” stated Brenda Murray, 84. She retired in 2019. Not like many who stated they’re voting for Biden as a result of he’s not Trump, Murray stated the president has accomplished a superb job. She added that she loathed Trump for a way he handled federal workers.
Sitting subsequent to Murray was George Wilson, 86, a retired actual property agent and a Republican. He voted for Trump in 2016 however selected Haley this time, he stated, since “she has an opportunity of beating Trump.”
Wilson stated he might by no means vote for Biden, who’s too liberal for him. Why, then, was he holding a “Write-in Biden” signal? “I’ve numerous buddies that need me to try this, and what’s it hurting?”
I headed inside when my fingers started to numb, and I spoke to highschool seniors and college college students. A number of stated they’re voting for Marianne Williamson. One stated Dean Phillips.
Jennie Maher, 44, stated that she was supporting Haley within the hope that issues might get accomplished with out Trump’s drama. How does she view a Biden-Trump rematch? “It’s disappointing. Simply two candidates which have form of run their course.”
Amid the voters scurrying out and in, one stood to the aspect, holding up an indication urging voters to protest everybody. “I feel the candidates which are at the moment operating, particularly Trump, Biden and Haley, are horrible candidates,” stated Chase Poirier-McClain, 17. “I agree with them on just about nothing, and so they’re all simply operating as alternate options to one another.” He’ll flip 18 earlier than November, and I requested if he’ll vote in any respect.
“Most definitely, I’ll find yourself voting for Biden,” he stated. “Reluctantly.”
