Verbatim: Students’ reasons for voting in the 2018 election
November 8, 2018
While most Palo Alto High School students are not old enough to vote, many of those eligible made sure their voices were heard on the ballot. The Paly Voice asked several of them why they voted.






![A protester in a chicken suit wearing a taco hat with the words “Cluck Trump” at the “No Kings” Democracy Fair in Palo Alto on Saturday. Protestor Mary Chan said she and her husband are horrified at the state of science and medicine in America. “What he [Trump] is doing by defunding scientific research is destroying our academic medical centers, and he’s [Trump] bankrupting rural medical centers,” Chan said. “We will have lasting negative impacts on American health for decades.”](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/11562FFE-9912-4152-BB01-582426B52ECB_1_105_c-225x300.jpeg)