By Cassey Williams
Sixty percent of American women younger than 50 said they would not vote for Sarah Palin. Some of South Carolina’s young Republican women agree, while are still standing strong in their support of Palin.
In late October three young Republican women spoke about how they were feeling about the election. More specifically, they spoke about how they felt about John McCain’s choice of running mate Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.
Two voted for the McCain-Palin ticket, while the third was set on voting for the Obama-Biden ticket, despite her Republican background.
Throughout the country, the lingering question for Republicans is what, or perhaps who, lost this election for McCain. Could Sarah Palin’s inexperience and interview botching be at fault?
Brittany Brunson, 20, thinks it had something to do with Palin.
“She lost votes for McCain, because she is inexperienced and says dumb things,” said Brunson who is a junior at USC.
Hannah Anderson, 18, a McCain supporter, has similar notions. She said, “I think she lost him votes with her behavior before the election.”
Courtney Epting, 20, also a junior at USC, stuck behind her original belief that Palin would make a good vice-president.
Epting doesn’t blame McCain’s loss on Palin, but rather the fact that, “McCain did not have the same following as Obama from the beginning.”
“If anything, she may have helped him gain voters just because of her sex,” Epting added.
Brunson, an Obama supporter from the beginning said, “Yes, I’m happy how the election turned out. I think Obama will be an amazing president.”
Anderson said she, too, is happy with the election and thinks “Obama will do a good job as president.”
Epting, on the other hand, said, “The election did not turn out the way I had hoped, but I’m not disheartened about it.”
Williams is a business and professional writing major at Columbia College.
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