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POTSDAM, N.Y. \u2013 Among the steady stream of people coming through Lee\u2019s Hawaiian Grill – a popular lunch spot for State University of New York at Potsdam students \u2013 is Liam Kingsley, a 22-year-old music and history major.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s wearing an \u201cI voted\u201d sticker.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore people are engaged in politics on both sides than have ever been,\u201d said Kingsley. \u201cIt feels like so much is at stake.\u201d<\/p>\n

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State University of New York at Potsdam students Liam Kingsley, Charles Knight and Mike Bruns [Photo \u00a9 Atong Ater]<\/figcaption><\/figure>This year Kingsley and fellow music major Mike Bruns, 22, participated in their second U.S. presidential election. Kingsley voted early this morning, but Bruns decided to cast his vote through absentee ballot.<\/p>\n

Bruns said he was frustrated by the absurdity of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t feel like an election. I didn\u2019t recognize it as political process,\u201d said Bruns. \u201cAll the elections that I can remember were all about Democrats and Republicans sparring. Now it\u2019s more that ideals are sparring,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Down the street at the Democratic headquarters, Claudia Stankiewicz, 19, Northern Region Chair of the College Democrats of New York, is volunteering on the phone banks. Stankiewicz said that this election has made people more comfortable expressing certain views.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey may have always been xenophobic or openly racist or sexist, but now they are more comfortable talking about it openly,\u201d said Stankiewicz. \u201cI think Donald Trump has created an atmosphere in which language like this is okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Back at the restaurant, Kingsley stressed that regardless of who wins tonight, this election has made previously disenfranchised people feel included in the national discourse.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmericans have underlying racism and we don\u2019t do much to confront it. I think that this election emboldens people that it normally wouldn\u2019t,\u201d said Kingsley. \u201cPeople can now say that it\u2019s PC culture that\u2019s keeping them from saying things, when in reality it\u2019s human decency.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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