River Region Eyes Presidential Race

The Nevada Caucus and South Carolina Primary showed major victories for some presidential candidates.

While Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton now has another caucus win under her belt, the loss of another Republican party member is upsetting to voters.

“My guys are Christie and Bush… And they both dropped out!” said Republican voter Steven Jones.

Now that both of his top picks are out of the race, Jones is not sure who will get his vote. He just has one major requirement for a future president.

“Integrity. A man you can trust. We haven’t had one since, well, actually both Bushes, both had lots of integrity,” Jones said.

Another voter, Allison Forbes, wants her future president to learn from past leaders’ mistakes.

“Most importantly, it will be someone who will be able to improve on what’s been done in the past,” Forbes said. “Rather than try to get in, and in eight years change everything that’s happened.”

While she thinks either Democratic nominee would make a good president, she cannot say the same for the Republican party.

“It’s hard for me to really process this whole notion of Donald Trump. I have a hard time relating, so it’s scary to me. Again, we all have a voice. Apparently his is one that some people in this country really would like to hear more of,” she said.

Republican voter Garrett Walley is rooting for the underdog of the GOP.

“I think the person that would do the best job will probably be Ben Carson. But I don’t think that he will win,” Walley admitted with a laugh.

All he looks for in a leader is someone who will take a strong stance and stand up for the country.

“Somebody that’s really fearless,” Walley said. “I think that’s something that we’ve lacked for a while. And fearing other countries, and letting them, dominate us. That we need to be the number one country and be feared by everybody else.”

Even with the large victories and upsetting defeats of the past primaries and caucuses, the race for the Presidential nominee is still very much anyone’s game. Alabamians get a chance to vote on March 1st, the day of the Alabama Primary.