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Fifteen SUNY Oneonta political science students are getting an inside look
at the presidential election process during a five-day trip to New
Hampshire that culminates today with the first-in-the-nation primary.
The trip is part of a semester-long course, POLS 216: Presidential Election
Campaigns, taught by Associate Professor of Political Science Gina Keel.
While in New Hampshire, students have attended candidate rallies, town
hall meetings and other events, witnessing firsthand the campaigning and
media frenzy in the last days before the primary. Several students are also volunteering for campaigns.
To prepare for the trip, students discussed news stories on the campaigns and the candidates’ strategies. As soon
as they crossed over the New Hampshire state border on Saturday, they noticed roadside signs for just about every
candidate. One student, political science major Emma Cohen, even had a one-of-a-kind burrito, called “Feel the
Bern-rito.” [See more on her blog: http://thecohencampaign2016.blogspot.com
(http://thecohencampaign2016.blogspot.com)] (http://thecohencampaign2016.blogspot.com)
Upon their arrival in New Hampshire, the students broke into groups based on different candidates and parties.
One group canvassed for Bernie Sanders and Hilary Clinton; others volunteered for the Donald Trump and Martin
O’Malley campaigns.
It’s been a busy week on the campaign trail. Highlights have included visits to the Sanders and Clinton campaign
headquarters; a Marco Rubio town hall meeting; a pre-game Super Bowl party hosted by Carly Fiorina; a Hillary
Clinton rally at Manchester Community College, where at least one student got to shake hands with Bill Clinton; a
Chris Christie town hall event; and the Trump rally last night at the Verizon Arena in Manchester, where several
students were able to get on the list for VIP seating.
Today, some students are poll standing for Trump and doing other get-out-the-vote activities for various
candidates, while others visit the Statehouse.
Several students said they were excited about the opportunity to witness firsthand a community that is very active
and vocal about politics, and get hands-on experience that goes far beyond a classroom setting.
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“Being here in New Hampshire has really made me feel connected to the presidential race and has inspired me to
do more grassroots and volunteering work,” said Cassidy Keane, a political science and mass communications
dual major.
SUNY Oneonta alumnus Dustin Tropp ’15, a lobbyist working in New Hampshire, has helped several students on
the trip—as well as about a dozen other Oneonta students and recent grads–line up volunteer positions for various
candidates. “Every campaign that I recommended Oneonta volunteers to said that they were the best volunteers
they ever had,” he said.
Aaron Hass, who graduated from SUNY Oneonta in December with a degree in history, has been in New
Hampshire for the past two weeks, canvassing for the Ted Cruz campaign.
“While many campaigns focus on phone calls, I spend every day for about 12 hours knocking on doors and talking
to voters about what's important to them, getting their input and learning what is on their minds,” he said. “This is
the best part because it’s one thing to hear about a family struggling on some Facebook page and hitting ‘like,’ but
it's another to see them wearing winter coats indoors because they lost their jobs and can't afford the heating
bills.”
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Fifteen SUNY Oneonta political science students are getting an inside look
at the presidential election process during a five-day trip to New
Hampshire that culminates today with the first-in-the-nation primary.
The trip is part of a semester-long course, POLS 216: Presidential Election
Campaigns, taught by Associate Professor of Political Science Gina Keel.
While in New Hampshire, students have attended candidate rallies, town
hall meetings and other events, witnessing firsthand the campaigning and
media frenzy in the last days before the primary. Several students are also volunteering for campaigns.
To prepare for the trip, students discussed news stories on the campaigns and the candidates’ strategies. As soon
as they crossed over the New Hampshire state border on Saturday, they noticed roadside signs for just about every
candidate. One student, political science major Emma Cohen, even had a one-of-a-kind burrito, called “Feel the
Bern-rito.” [See more on her blog: http://thecohencampaign2016.blogspot.com
(http://thecohencampaign2016.blogspot.com)] (http://thecohencampaign2016.blogspot.com)
Upon their arrival in New Hampshire, the students broke into groups based on different candidates and parties.
One group canvassed for Bernie Sanders and Hilary Clinton; others volunteered for the Donald Trump and Martin
O’Malley campaigns.
It’s been a busy week on the campaign trail. Highlights have included visits to the Sanders and Clinton campaign
headquarters; a Marco Rubio town hall meeting; a pre-game Super Bowl party hosted by Carly Fiorina; a Hillary
Clinton rally at Manchester Community College, where at least one student got to shake hands with Bill Clinton; a
Chris Christie town hall event; and the Trump rally last night at the Verizon Arena in Manchester, where several
students were able to get on the list for VIP seating.
Today, some students are poll standing for Trump and doing other get-out-the-vote activities for various
candidates, while others visit the Statehouse.
Several students said they were excited about the opportunity to witness firsthand a community that is very active
and vocal about politics, and get hands-on experience that goes far beyond a classroom setting.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/c791d6eb-8f3c-4e9f-8a3b-689e1f65e232-160410221237/85/New-Hampshire-Primary-1-320.jpg)
