The presidential election is a hot topic on college campuses.

This will be the very first presidential election that the majority of the students are old enough to vote in. No matter whom the students are deciding to vote for, most have one thing in common: the excitement of being able to cast a ballot.

“I am very excited to vote, because I will get my voice heard,” sophomore Alison Biro said.

College students are a demographic that is very valuable to the candidates. Obama and Romney want to be able to appeal to the first-time voters and gain their support.

According to Campus Vote Project, 87 percent of college students registered to vote actually voted during the 2008 presidential election. This year, 46 percent of registered college students said that they will absolutely vote, and another 15 percent say that they will probably vote, according to the IOP (Harvard’s Institute of Politics) poll.

The students are excited because they know that their vote could potentially change the election.

This election is one of the toughest elections that the United States has had to date. Both the Democratic Party and Republican Party have representatives on campus who are actively helping students register to vote.

Denzel Palmer, who is the president of Ashland University Young Democrats, said that he registered over 400 new voters.

As much as the students are excited to vote, they are even more excited for the election to be over.

Students are tired of being bombarded with presidential campaign commercials every day, according to sophomore Angela Phillips.

The campus may be divided on who they are going to vote for in this presidential election, but they all agree on one thing, that this is an election that they will never forget, and they are excited to be a part of it.