Since the election is coming up, I interviewed ten different individuals from completely different backgrounds in order to ascertain what the perspectives were and what were the hot issues for the upcoming election. I surveyed both citizens and expatriates living in the United States that were both conservative and liberal in order to ascertain which perspectives were governing and how the existing political candidates were shaping those who were in the middle of the road on the American Political Spectrum. The three interviews that stood out to me were from quite the diverse list: the first was a conservative girl from California named Anna Lee Robertson, the second was a liberal male from Ecuador studying law in Miami, and the third was a conservative Venezuelan with United States Permanent Residency also studying law in Miami. This is what my corresponding findings were pertaining to the hot issues of immigration and student loan policy that is greatly affecting the younger generation of the United States.
Beginning with Immigration, the conservative girl from California had very strong views pertaining to immigration policy because she was from San Diego and saw on a day-to-day basis what these immigration policies did and how they affected her home city, (Robertson, Anna Lee, 2016). Anna tended to view the immigration policies that the republicans were presenting to be the correct course of action for the United States to take in the upcoming election, (Robertson, Anna Lee, 2016). Pertaining to the male from Ecuador, he was very pro-immigration; however, he was middle of the road on the spectrum because he wanted the opportunity to stay and work here legally and knew how backwards our policies were to his colleagues and how they should change to encourage honesty and legal residence, (Carmacho, Guillermo, 2016). Pertaining to the Venezuelan male’s perspective, Maximiliano felt that people should be required to come here legally because of how hard he had to fight to stay here and how long he has had to wait to nationalize, (Garcia Chirinos, Maximiliano, 2016). His viewpoint was surprising given what his country is facing right now in way of a political crisis.
Regarding student loans, Anna felt that the government had to do something even though she was republican because she like many in her generation are saddled with the debt, (Roberston, Anna Lee, 2016). This was a common view shared by Maximiliano from Venezuela because as a permanent resident he was allowed to legally take out the government student loans and is stuck with them as well, (Garcia Chirinos, Maximiliano, 2016). Guillermo was indifferent to the student loans because he was planning on returning to Ecuador after studying in the United States and only had to pay his tuition out of pocket, (Carmacho, Guillermo, 2016).
Conducting these interviews was a pleasure because it was important to see what the foreigners living here thought in comparison to Americans who were born there. The reason for this is that they have a different perspective since they grew up in a different political system. Thus, it will be fascinating to see what this election brings because a great deal will be decided as to how our government proceeds in the future.
Works Cited
Carmacho, Guillermo. In Person Interview. 2016.
Garica Chirinos, Maximiliano. In Person Interview. 2016.
Robertson, Anna Lee. In Person Interview. 2016.
