Students React to the Election

Activities: Football, debate Political Party: Classical Liberal Sophomore Ryan Seiter identifies as a classical liberal, but the label doesn’t mean what many would think. A classical liberal is not a liberal, or a conservative, but rather something much more complicated. “Classical liberals are a really right-leaning economic group,” Seiter said. “They have more independent to mod...

Activities: Theatre, Drama Political Party: Unaffiliated   Senior Grae Danner is new to West, having moved here from Kentucky. Never having been extremely invested in politics, Danner focuses more on their social life. However, with the upcoming election, they find it more and more important to educate themselves, while trying to remain as unbiased as possible. As an unaffiliated p...

Activities: Debate, Forensics Political Party: A supporter of the Libertarian Party   Senior Charles Tyler will, for the first time, be able to vote in the next election. However, even though he’s new to the voting scene, he has been educating himself and forming his own ideas for years. During that time, he decided to become a libertarian, which is decently rare in America. “[Be...

Activities: Theatre, Chamber Orchestra, Diversity Council Political Party: Democrat   Junior David Morones is an active social media advocate, and a large part of his activism is political. He holds being knowledgeable about current events in high regard, likely because of his personal experiences. As an immigrant from Mexico, he has close ties to immigration policy. This had led to ...

Activities: Band, Theatre, Green Tech, Junior Committee  Political Party: Democrat    Junior Nick Sibert looks at politics differently than many students. Identifying with “the blue side,” Sibert believes that our best bet at electing a successful president is to abolish the two-party system altogether.  “[We should] get rid of the two-party system,” Sibert said. “Go to the d...

Activities: Choir, Theatre, Green Tech Political Party: Liberal   Senior Abi Riego is firm in her political beliefs. Despite growing up in a conservative family, Riego would consider herself to be very liberal, stating her disapproval of President Donald Trump.  “I think he’s very racist,” Riego said. “I don’t think he handled the Covid-19 situation very well either, and I...

Activities: Vice President of StuCo, Yearbook, Link Crew, National Honor Society Political Party: Unaffiliated   As vice president of the Student Council, senior Kylie Hoff is not unfamiliar with the world of politics. Nevertheless, Hoff hesitates to align herself with one political party.  “I think for voting, we should vote for the person rather than alignment with a party,” Hoff s...

Activities: Yearbook, StuCo Political Party: Republican   Junior Lydia Falen has grown up in a house divided.  “My sister is a Democrat, my stepdad’s a Democrat, my mom is Republican, my grandparents both sides are Republican, my dad’s Republican,” Falen said. “But I mean we definitely have liberals in my family and Republicans in my family, so we’re not all one way.�...