Election season is heating up and candidates are on the move to round up votes. Presidential candidate Ron Paul visited LSU Friday to speak to the Youth for Ron Paul Movement.
But before his speech we asked some students what they think these candidates should focus on.
"On a national level, I'd like to see the national debt resolved, I'd like to see troops come home, I'd like to see something with the economy...well, more progress made with the economy," Justin Green said.
"The deficit and the budget just because that's gonna really effect like my generation when we get out," Darsey Walker said.
And political analyst Jim Engster said votes from this generation are essential to any successful campaign. He said the 2008 presidential election is the perfect example of how important young voters are.
"Four years ago, president Obama won the 18 to 29-year-old vote by about 7 million votes, and he won the popular vote by 9 million votes," Engster said.
"The college demographic, I mean we're out tabling all day," Christopher Ambrogio, a member of Youth for Ron Paul, said. "College kids want to know about politics. They wanna know the situations. They're getting more informed. They vote. They have a say, and they want their voice heard."
Ambrogio said he's excited that the presidential candidate he supports stopped by LSU today, and he said he hopes he's not the only one.
"I would say any candidate should come down and try and do college tours and speak to the students because we're a sizable force." Ambrogio said.
A sizeable force with students like Justin Green who said there's no excuse to not be in the voting booth next year on November 6.
"Everybody go vote! Regardless of your political stance, go make sure your voice is heard," Green said. "Cause there's nothing worse than not liking where you are and knowing you had no word in it."
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