Yalies share top issues, predictions for 2024 election

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Anpalagan, who supports Trump, said that he feels prioritizing the American worker should be at the forefront of the candidate's platform.
53% : "Students speak on coming of age during Trump, Biden presidenciesJack Dozier '27, a student from Charlottesville, Virginia, said he first became politically active in 2017 when, at 11 years old, he watched the Unite the Right rally march through his hometown.
52% : Other students addressed gender-affirming care and, more broadly, the safety of LGBTQ+ individuals under Trump.
48% : Some of his classmates, he said, feel that it won't make a difference whether Trump or Harris win.
44% : "Anpalagan said that he believes that Trump will win the election as Trump has outperformed polling averages in the past two previous elections.
43% : "Right now, both Harris and Trump are tied in the latest polls, strongly suggesting to me that Trump will prevail.
30% : DiMassa explained that Trump's reaction to the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol is "absolutely disqualifying" of Trump as a presidential candidate.
30% : "Trump incited a mob that attempted to overthrow democracy, and even as it came close to harming elected officials, including his own vice president, he stood there and watched.
26% : She said that Trump's policies surrounding abortion access to her "feel like something out of 'The Handmaid's Tale.'""I was reading something that said Trump supports and stated explicitly that women should be punished for having abortions.
23% : Giuseppe DiMassa '28 said he has already experienced the dangerous effects of climate change first-hand, which is a leading reason why he voted against Trump.
10% : I know people who are way to the left of me on a lot of things, and they're just saying Kamala and Trump are equally bad, both corrupt," he said.

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