To the Elite Eight and it's Traits

It's time to expand the blog to include the next segment of election predictions. When the votes are announced on Tuesday, I fully expect a large gap to exist between the top four candidates and the other six. With 21 candidates fighting in the polls, this election will most likely have a heart breaker with a candidate missing the 9th spot by less than 20 votes. In the end, I hope candidates remember that the election does not measure who will be a better Senator, it will only be a measurement of who was able to get more people to spend 2 seconds to click their box. Some of the most dedicated members of Drake's Student Senate have not won or barely won in their first attempt at the elections, our current Student Body President and next year's are examples of that.


Next Four:
Kensie S., Michael R., Nate B., Carley S.
One thing that you must pay attention to in this election is cross-cutting associations and identification. If you voted in the last U.S. Presidential Election, you may have went to the polls to vote for just the President, but since you had the option to check the box in all the other elections, you may have just voted down the line with others you recognized or that were part of your party. To gauge who will win you have to look back and try to guess what demographic is going to be the most hyped up and motivated to show up and vote. On election day, I think the freshmen class will show up, and although they may not vote primarily because of these candidates being on the ballot; they will likely recognize them and click the box. These candidates have large pockets of guaranteed votes from groups they belong to. This year I feel like the number to win a spot on senate will be around 300. When 1/3 of those votes are guaranteed to you by a Greek house or large professional fraternity, winning becomes much easier.


I will delay my predictions for school specific elections till tomorrow. Saturday is when I'll narrow down the remaining candidates into who I think is still on the bubble, before making my final predictions on Sunday.


*This time find 11 grammar mistakes and get a lollipop. Yesterday's winner: Matt Nelson