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News stories from Viking Fusion and the Department of Communication at Berry College.
Georgia's fourteenth congressional district special election is now underway. Despite it only pertaining to one part of Georgia, it still holds major value over maintaining Republican majority in the House of Representatives. Whether congressional district or by town hall, local elections, much like national elections, hold major significance. Associate professor of political science, doctor Eric Sands, expands on this topic.
Eric Sands:A lot of times when you're dealing with local elections, you're dealing with issues and problems that are much more closely related to your life and what's going on around you. I mean, we we don't we don't live a lot of our lives in congress. Right? We we live most of our lives as part of communities and towns and things like that. And so a lot of times, local elections, as I said, are are much more relevant.
Christian Harris:Social media is commonly used to voice opinions on political parties and candidates, playing a major role in how elections can be decided. Junior Talicia Valerio gives her thoughts on how social media can keep voters engaged in local politics.
Talicia Valerio:I feel like, especially in the Yik Yak, everybody has, like, a opinion and everybody posts, like, very informational things about what's going on locally. And I feel like that's important to get everybody educated on, like, the overall topic.
Christian Harris:Many students at Berry College have never voted before and will soon take part for the first time. Freshman and soon to be first time voter, Ellie Rapp, explained what would drive her to vote in future local elections.
Ellie Rapp:If I continue to, like, know which person is a good fit for the country, I will be gladly to vote.
Christian Harris:With Viking Fusion, I'm Christian Harris.