By STEVEN JACOBS JR.
Capital News Service
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Winston Williams, a College Park resident, said he showed up to vote on Tuesday because he wants to do whatever he can to protect his friends and family.
“Most people feel like democracy is on the line. It is something I hold dear to my heart,” said Williams. “I love this country and I feel like if there’s anything I can do by just casting a vote, that makes a difference.”
“We’re at a tipping point,” said Williams. “There’s a lot of apathy in certain groups that I’m familiar with, they don’t feel like their vote counts. I feel differently. I feel like if one vote can turn the tide and make things better for the country … It all goes back to the democracy we feel like we’re losing if we vote a certain way.”
For Virdina Gibbs, also a College Park resident, the specific threat to the country is Republican candidate Donald Trump.
She said that as long as Trump is on the ballot, she will vote against him.
“I think Donald Trump is always an existential threat to America, so I continue to vote whenever he’s on the ballot,” said Gibbs, who turned out to vote at the College Park City Hall.
“If you don’t wanna let anybody else make decisions for you about anything else that you’re doing in your life, or classes that you’re taking, what you wanna study and what you want to be when you grow up, then you should vote,” Gibbs said.
