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Feingold stumps for Dems
U.S. Senator says youth vote will make a big impact on Nov. 4
Janie Boschma
Issue date: 10/30/08 Section: News
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Feingold and Kind encouraged Eau Claire students in Hibbard Hall to vote early to avoid lines on Nov. 4 and ask others to do the same.
Senior Ben Carolan said he also hopes everyone votes early, just to make Election Day go more smoothly.
"The lines are just so intense and it discourages voting," Carolan said. "We really don't want to discourage anyone from voting."
Feingold said the youth vote will have a "potentially decisive" significance on Tuesday's election.
"If for any reason young people don't turn out to vote, this whole thing could go sour," he said after the rally, "but I'm sure they will turn out."
The rally, sponsored by College Democrats, pointed out the key issues affecting students in the upcoming election. Feingold and Kind emphasized making education more accessible and affordable, as well as investing in health care and the environment, appointing responsible Supreme Court justices and officials, and ending the Iraq War.
"When I think of student loans and grants, I always think of Eau Claire," Feingold said, explaining that they remind him of stories his daughter, a former Blugold, told about her friends who struggled to pay tuition.
Feingold said Obama understands today's students because he also struggled with student loans and debt.
"He gets it when it comes to education," Feingold said. "If you want to have the help … put Barack Obama in the White House."
Kind also promised to prioritize education in his district, which he referred to as a "Mecca for higher education" for its five state universities, one state university and four technical colleges. He said investing in education enables students, the "incubators for change and economic development," to redefine the United States as a competitive innovator.
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