VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: For Liverpool resident, voting is about lifting up others
Kyra Ceryanek: Voters have a lot on their minds as they go into the polls on election day. For Liverpool resident Anthony Kratz, his priority is making sure his vote helps others.
Anthony Kratz: “I have a lot of friends that I care about, and I care about people I don’t even know, the Americans, my fellow Americans.”
Ceryanek: Kratz has family members who are part of the LGBTQ community and friends who are people of color. Before sitting down in the booth, he remembered how voting allows people to send a message about who they care for.
Kratz: “The higher the voter turnout, I think the more that politicians will come into line with what the American people actually think.”
Ceryanek: This is Kratz’s fifth presidential election. He says this election is different from the others he’s cast his vote in because of the stark difference between the candidates.
Kratz: “I just hate to see everybody fighting and calling each other names and bickering.”
Ceryanek: Kratz hopes that in a time when he sees hostility among neighbors, his vote can be a step towards bringing people together. In Salina, Kyra Ceryanek, NCC News.
SALINA, N.Y. (NCC NEWS) – For some voters, concerns about their own lives take center stage when it’s time to vote.
For Liverpool resident Anthony Kratz, 35, voting is a way to focus on who he most cares about.
“I have family who are LGBTQ+ and I have a lot of friends who are people of color,” said Kratz. “If Trump won, I’m a white guy, I would be largely unaffected. But I care about people around me, and I really think that’s important.”
This marks Kratz’s fifth presidential election, but he believes this one is unlike any other. The contrast between the candidates, he said, has made this election especially significant.
“Our public discourse has been really terrible since Donald Trump came into public view, and I think we need to get rid of him,” said Kratz. “I just hate to see everybody fighting and calling each other names and bickering.”
Kratz hopes that in an election as important as this, people are going out and voting with others in mind.