06/17/2024

In Six Key States, Many Remain Uncommitted or May Not Vote

Apathy continues to impact the nation's democratic future

By her own account, RiKi Denning is "torn up" about the November election. She is almost certain she will cast a ballot but just might leave the presidential line blank. "I just hate both of the candidates, and there's no third-party candidate that stands a chance," said the 26-year-old resident of Las Vegas.

Forced to choose between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump, she said she would lean toward Biden, then added, "But I just don't agree with him as president at all." Her dissatisfaction with Biden includes her belief that he is too old for another term, that he hasn't delivered on a promise to eliminate her student loan debt and that he supports Israel in the war in the Gaza Strip.

Tamara Etter, 48, who lives in Cobb County in suburban Atlanta, supported Biden in 2020 when she was living in Missouri. She is now a registered voter in Georgia but is looking beyond the two major party candidates. This year she has been attracted to the candidacy of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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