Though the first presidential
debate drew wide interest on
campus
Monday
night,
that
interest may not necessarily
have equated to any changes in
voter preference, according to a
Michigan Daily poll conducted
directly after the debate.
As part of an ongoing initiative
to better gauge the campus
political climate, The Michigan
Daily sent out a poll to 1,500
students
and
received
302
responses. Eighty-one percent of
respondents said they watched
the first presidential debate — the
same percent of respondents also
reported they will “definitely”
vote in the upcoming election.
The
majority
of
students
surveyed indicated that overall,
Democratic presidential nominee
On
his
path
to
the
Republican
presidential
nomination, Donald Trump
has both built a dedicated base
in some parts of the population
and noticeably isolated others.
On
the
University
of
Michigan’s campus, a new club
— Students Against Trump
— has formed in response to
Trump’s often controversial
persona and words.
During the election, Trump
has created a persona built
in large part on a tendency
to stray from his scripted
speeches, tweet on-the-spot
and say whatever may be on his
mind. Many of his supporters
cite this as a positive, but
others have also pointed to
statements he’s made — such
as proposing to build a wall
between the U.S. and Mexico
and
to
shutdown
Muslim
immigration into the country
— as alarmingly offensive.
Given that division, the new
student group’s main goal, the
group says, is to stop Trump
from
reaching
the
White
House.
Bradley McPherson, LSA
sophomore and president of
Students Against Trump, said
he felt the need to create an
organization in response to
the candidate last May, after it
became clear Trump would be
the likely Republican nominee.
“Looking at Trump’s policies
and his character, we thought
we had to make a larger point
against him,” McPherson said.
“We thought we should speak
out against all these factors
and that culminated in the
creation of the club.”
Specifically, the club hopes
to block people’s perception of
Trump as a viable candidate
for office. Both Trump and
Democratic nominee Hillary
Clinton have historically high
unpopularity ratings among
the national voting population
—
a
recent
ABC
News/
Washington Post polling found
that 56 percent of adults view
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OPINION.....................4A
S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7A
SUDOKU..................... 2A
A R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 A
S TAT E M E N T . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 B
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School of Public Health student Rebecca Ahmad-Robinson and LSA sophomore Maya Green listen to other audience members speak during a debate on the Black Lives Matter movement held by the Michigan
Political Union in the Michgian League on Tuesday.
A
debate
Tuesday
night
sponsored by The Michigan Political
Union came to an abrupt halt after
hundreds of community members
and University of Michigan students
gathered outside the Michigan
League’s Vandenberg Room to call
for the inclusion of Black voices.
The
debate,
which
featured
members of MPU, was slated to
discuss the merits of the Black Lives
Matter Movement and whether it
was “harmful to racial relations in
the United States.”
Social Work student Lawrielle
West, one of the protest organizers,
called
the
debate
unacceptable
because of its patronizing and
diminutive focus.
“You
cannot
trivialize
my
experience as a Black person by
debating it,” she said. “How can you
debate my experience? I’m not saying
I’m better than you or that only Black
lives matter or that my life matters
more than yours, but I’m saying that
Black lives do matter.”
The protest began at the Diag
and marched toward the Michigan
League, chanting phrases such
as “Black lives matter” and “No
justice, no peace.” As the crowd
entered during the start of the
debate, several protesters asked
See TRUMP, Page 8A
DYLAN LAWTON/Daily
Based on polling conducted by The Michigan Daily, a majority of students felt the debate did not have an influence
on their vote.
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See SURVEY, Page 3A
See DEBATE, Page 3A
Anne
Holton,
former
Virginia Secretary of Education
and wife of Democratic vice
presidential
nominee
Tim
Kaine, campaigned for Hillary
Clinton Tuesday night in Ann
Arbor after events in Detroit
and Livonia.
Holton visited the Ann Arbor
campaign office, where she
spoke to a primarily female
audience — many of whom were
local campaign volunteers or
active
community
members
— about the importance of
mobilizing people to vote for
Clinton in November.
She planned to also make
other stops in Michigan on
See HOLTON, Page 3A
From military time
to Michigan time
The Statement explores the
lives of veterans who enroll
at the University and the
challenges that they face.
» Page 4B
The University of Michigan’s
College of Literature, Science and
the Arts hosted a gathering of
more than 100 students, professors
and advisers promoting solidarity
against racism Tuesday night
in response to racially charged
posters found on campus Monday.
Along with an announcement
of the event, LSA Dean Andrew
Martin
released
a
statement
supporting
those
students
impacted by the incident Monday.
“We
stand
with
President
Schlissel and University leaders in
condemning the racist posters and
flyers spread on campus today,”
the statement said. “These posters
advocating
white
supremacy
strike at the very heart and soul
of the College. Their presence
marred our physical spaces—in
Haven and Mason halls—where
we hold our classes and where our
faculty and staff work, and are an
assault on everything we believe
in as a liberal arts college and as a
diverse community.”
Tuesday
evening,
Martin
said he wanted the event to be
welcoming in nature, and hoped
to foster reflection on the events
from the last few days and, more
broadly, the climate on campus for
the last few years.
See COMMUNITY, Page 3A
CAMPUS LIFE
AMANDA ALLEN/Daily
Social work student Lawrielle West leads Black Lives Matter Protesters
in a march from the Diag to the Michigan Leauge where a debate on the
movement was being held on Tuesday.
Hundreds of students
protest debate over merits
of Black Lives Matter
Nearly 400 protesters call for open dialogue at event
NEIL SCHWARTZ
Daily Staff Reporter
New UM anti-Trump
club forms on campus
GOVERNMENT
In response to controversial statements, new
group takes action
CAITLIN REEDY
Daily Staff Reporter
Daily election poll indicates
continued support for Clinton
Survey suggests debate performance had low impact
EMMA KINERY
Daily News Editor
Anne Holton
campaigns
for Dems in
Ann Arbor
ELECTION
Former VA secretary
of education makes
campaign stops in Mich.
LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter
LSA hosts
gathering
to promote
dialogue
Following discovery of
racially charged fliers,
students show solidarity
WILL FEUER
Daily Staff Reporter