While many HBCU students are rallying behind Obama, Clinton’s campaign has a presence on many campuses. “Howard students aren’t against Hillary. She still carries a lot of weight in the Black community based on what they did when her husband was president. Her comments as of late about Dr. King and Lyndon Johnson haven’t helped her with Black students, but she has a proven track record with Black issues. She sincerely and genuinely cares about Black issues,” Ward said.
Erick Harris, Student Government Judicial Advisor at Tuskegee University, doesn’t feel that the Obama and Clinton campaigns are dividing Black voters on campus. “In my opinion, the majority of students at Tuskegee are leaning towards Obama. Division isn’t the word to use in describing the feel on the campus, competitive is better,” Harris says.
With the competition heating up between Obama and Clinton as November 2008 approaches, the idea of electing the first Black or the first female president is exciting young voters across the nation. “I constantly hear students talking about registering to vote just to vote for [Obama]. They’re really excited about him,” Harris says. “I think that both sides are excited about the opportunity to vote for either a female or a Black male. This is history in the making and students want to participate.”
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