As the polls close today, Daily Bruin Video asks students to reflect on this year’s election. For many undergraduate students at UCLA, it is their first opportunity to choose the next president of the United States.

This post was updated Nov. 3 at 11:45 p.m.
The 2016 presidential election has been filled with a few recurring themes, namely Trump’s blustery campaign rhetoric and Clinton’s alleged email controversy.

How does voting in one’s home state differ from voting in California? The Stack, Daily Bruin’s data visualization blog, breaks down the impact of voting in home states and how students from those states can tip the presidential election or races for the United States Senate.

Given the state of the 2016 presidential campaign, Nov. 8 couldn’t come sooner for many of us. But we shouldn’t use cynicism as an excuse to sit this election out.

The American people have a clear choice for president this election season. On one hand, a reckless and divisive candidate who relies on fear and vitriol to fuel his base.

It’s certainly not every election that voters face a choice between two Democrats for a statewide race. But this year’s United States Senate race between California’s Attorney General Kamala Harris and U.S.

This board endorses Ted Lieu as the House Representative for California’s 33rd congressional district.
Lieu, the Democratic incumbent, currently serves on the Budget Committee and Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

This board endorses Sebastian Ridley-Thomas to continue representing the 54th district in the California State Assembly.
Ridley-Thomas won a special election in December 2013 to win this seat and successfully retained his position in the 2014 race, commanding an impressive 80 to 20 percent margin.

Proposition 51 fails to address the problem of existing school facilities and does not serve the school districts that need the most assistance.
Proposition 51 is a bond measure that, if passed, would raise $9 billion for school construction and improvement projects.

Proposition 52 is an excellent way to ensure that vital healthcare funding for low-income individuals remains solid for years to come.
Medi-Cal provides healthcare coverage for low-income individuals in California, and the federal government provides matching funds for every dollar California spends on the program.