Students discuss biggest midterm election issues
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This News-Letter article reports on a student discussion of issues affecting the 2018 midterm elections.
- The News-Letter reported that an IDEAL-organized panel discussed Kavanaugh’s confirmation, immigration, healthcare, tariffs and the elections for Congress, governorships and local offices.
- The paper reported that students debated whether Kavanaugh’s confirmation would increase turnout for either party; sophomore Jaylene Li said many Republicans viewed the hearings as “a witch hunt.”
- The article adds that students questioned how healthcare and immigration debates would affect voters, while IDEAL organizer Matthew Goynatsky said immigration remained a major national issue even when it felt less direct to some voters.
- The reporter writes that students discussed tariffs’ possible effects on working-class voters and used the Texas Senate race between Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke to consider the importance of age and youth turnout.
- The article says IDEAL members wanted students to examine political differences constructively, and SGA member Dean Chien said the discussion helped people become informed.
- The News-Letter reported that IDEAL planned a later event to discuss the election’s effects and policy changes.