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AGGIELIFE
Monday, September 18,2000
THE BATTALION
THE RIGHT GRIP
Conservative politics dominate Texas A&M voters
By Stuart Hutson
The Battalion
With little more than a month and
a half until citizens of this country go
to the voting booth to cast their bal
lots for the presidential candidate of
their choice, those who would be
president are picking up the pace
down the campaign trail.
Soon, television and radio will be
inundated with nominees promising
an American future that no one else
could supply. Fliers and propaganda
will fight for space on the walls of
every gas station, every bumper and
in most magazines.
But, for the students of Texas
A&M, the war of words probably will
seem a little lopsided come November.
There has been a long-standing
perception that, at a school where
military uniforms and outspoken
conservative views are common
place, any political organization not
boasting a Republican elephant as a
mascot would be dead in the water.
“There is this thought that the
Republicans just dominate every
thing here. ... Don't be so sure that
it’s necessarily true, though,” said
Ian King, a four-year member of the
Aggie Democrats.
King is serving as publicity direc
tor for the organization and has also
been its president and vice president
in the past. He said that, if anything,
his experiences have taught him not to
take popular perception as fact.
“If you break it down, 1 think that
you will find that most of the students
here support many issues that have
been classically Democratic,” King
said. “Minimum wage, some envi
ronmental protection, further support
for student loans — all things that the
Republicans have railed against, but
also all things that most college stu
dents fully support.”
Regardless of individual political
standings, however, there is little
question that the Republican presi
dential nominee will be more widely
viewed than any other at A&M.
“We’re not going to put the ma
jority of our effort into campaigning
for Gore, because we just aren't go
ing to build a big following for him.”
King said. “Just like Gore, national
ly speaking, isn't going to put a lot of
emphasis on Texas. Bush, the gover
nor of the state, pretty much has it.”
King said that the overwhelming
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"A lot of students
wouldn't even call
themselves [Re
publican or De
mocrat], but
when they are
drawn out to the
voting booth, I'm
pretty sure the
majority will vote
for Bush."
— Jason Denby
President of Aggies for Bush
support for Bush at A&M may come
more from the atmosphere of con
servatism at A&M more than indi
vidual political leanings.
"There are many things here that
make it a conservative setting,” he
said. “Military, in the form of the
Corps [of Cadets], has long been seen
as affiliated with the Republican Par
ty. The traditions here, while a won
derful part of the overall Aggie expe
rience, can also instill a sense of
conservatism.
'This overall sense often draws peo
ple here who are initially conservative,
and once here,fcan sort of put them in a
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for Bush and a senior politi
cal science major, said the conserva
tive leaning helps his organization,
“We are a Republican group,bi
we welcome anyone who supports
Bush, regardless of affiliations,
Denby said. "Voting for president
and political party affiliation do nm
always go together.
“A lot of students wouldn't evei
call themselves one thing over an
other, but when they are drawn out n
the voting booth. I’m pretty surefe
majority will vote for Bush.”
Neither the Republican orDe
mocratic organizations at A&Mv
deny that the Republican-affiliate
organizations have had a Ion'
held upper hand when it comesn
recruitment.
"Yes, the Republican organiza
tions get more participation thantls
Democratic organizations,” sas
Jack Long, president of the Texa
A&M College Republicans andap
nior political science major. “Bu
that is because more students ben
would align themselves with Repiib
lican view, although I’m not real;
sure of the percentage.
"1 wouldn't say that Republic;:
do have a perceived dominance,
he said. "They certainly don'tfn
what I read in the newspaper.Tb
are just more conservative than!
eral students here.”
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organizations, such as the Aggie!::
ertarians and Democratic Socials
of Texas A&M, that often find the-
selves with \ iews that deviate fa
the commonplace, a conservai
majority can be a hindrance.
"Many students come here*
a closed mind.” said Chris L:.
ford, president of the Democr:
Socialists of Texas A&M and sec
political science and sociologyi
jor. “Once they get here, thee
servative environment helpstl
keep their mind closed. All we
do is to try and show them the
fering viewpoints.”
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