After Tuesday evening’s Vice Presidential debate, Texas Tech Students said they’re still undecided on who to vote for between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
A couple dozen random Tech students were asked if they are voting in the upcoming presidential election. Every student asked said they were voting. Every man promised their vote to the republican party, while every woman said they were undecided.
Over 50% of students polled said they were undecided on which candidate they saw fit to serve as 45th President of the United States.
Some students said they are unsure because they dislike both candidates, or lean towards the candidate they favor more.
TTU’s Regional Professional of Strategic Communication Erik Bucy studies voter reaction for this presidential election and said young voters may more so be undecided from a lack of experience in voting.
“The people who have the habit of voting are the ones that tend to vote,” Bucy said. “So when you’re in college as an undergraduate you’re probably getting the opportunity for the first time. So you don’t have that ingrained kind of habit.”
Bucy added the lack of decision could also be explained by the new experience to officially choose a political affiliation.
“If you’re just tuning in kind of now and you’re still undecided, you’re hearing the issue for the first time,” Bucy said. “That’s a lot of information to take in, there’s a lot to process and frankly most people can’t do it. So what we can do very easily is process the way people are delivering, or have a sense of whether they’re reaching me as an individual voter or I really kind of like their style or they make me feel comfortable. All of those things are almost intuitive when we’re watching the debate.
Undecided voters can tune in to the next presidential debate for help on October 9 or the final debate on October 19.
Any Texas voters need to be registered by October 11.
