Los Angeles homeless community turns out to vote

Record ID: 79915

  • Title: Los Angeles homeless community turns out to vote
  • Date: 8th November 2016
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 8, 2016) (REUTERS) STREET IN SKID ROW PEOPLE ON STREET MAN SITTING WITH CART OF BELONGINGS TENT BY SIDE OF THE ROAD VARIOUS OF ANNE DOUGLAS CENTER FOR WOMEN, THE SITE OF THE POLLING STATION VARIOUS OF WOMAN BY VOTING SIGN EXTERIOR POLLING STATION AMERICAN FLAG / SAMPLE BALLOT VARIOUS LINES OF PEOPLE WAITING TO VOTE (SOUNDBITE) (English) SKID ROW RESIDENT, ROBERT CALHOUN, SAYING: "Hillary Clinton. I can't stand Donald Trump. He's an idiot." VOTERS REGISTERING / BOOTHS (SOUNDBITE) (English) SKID ROW RESIDENT, CHRISTINA CARRERA, SAYING: "I hope he will clean things up and definitely hashtag 'Drain the Swamp' because there's so much corruption and so much bad politicking and the people that we have in government right now, especially here in California, they suck big time." WOMAN AT BOOTH (SOUNDBITE) (English) SKID ROW RESIDENT, RAY ROBERT STOUT, SAYING: "Either socialist or fascist. Trump being the fascist and Hillary being the socialist so we get either one. I just think the socialist, the Canadian type of government is better than a fascist type of government." COUPLE AT BOOTH POLLING STATION (SOUNDBITE) (English) SKID ROW RESIDENT, GALEN STOEBER, SAYING: "Hillary. She's got the most experience. She's done it before in a way, like in a different kind of role as, like, first lady. But she implemented a lot of great things that she could keep working on." MAN AT BOOTH WOMAN PICKING UP OFFICIAL PAPERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) SKID ROW RESIDENT, ROBERT LANEY, SAYING: "Hillary Clinton. Well I say she's good for office you know. And she's got a lot of positive things I like, you know I think she might do good." VOTE BEING PUT IN BALLOT POLLING STATION MAN TEARING OFF PAPER AND HANDING OVER ENVELOPE VARIOUS OF VOTES BEING PUT IN BALLOT
  • Embargoed: 23rd November 2016 19:58
  • Keywords: Homeless Skid Row Los Angeles California US election presidential election Anne Douglas Center
  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES;
  • City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES;
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA00157L6C7B
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Residents of skid row, the area in downtown Los Angeles with a predominantly homeless population, took to the polls on Tuesday (November 8) to cast their vote on who they wanted to be the next US president.
    The homeless population has risen over recent years with a reported 5.2 per cent increase since 2015. In the city of Los Angeles, the population is reported to be around 28,000.
    At the Anne Douglas Center, voters started turning out from 7 a.m. (1500GMT) in the morning to vote for their choice of political candidate.
    While skid row resident Robert Calhoun was voting for Hillary Clinton and branded Donald Trump "an idiot", another resident, Cristina Carrera, voted for Trump saying "I hope he will clean things up and definitely hashtag 'Drain the Swamp' because there's so much corruption and so much bad politicking and the people that we have in government right now, especially here in California, they suck big time."
    Ray Robert Stout said that the choice at the election was "either socialist or fascist. Trump being the fascist and Hillary being the socialist so we get either one. I just think the socialist, the Canadian type of government is better than a fascist type of government."
    City leaders in Los Angeles have vowed to spend $1.85 billion over the next decade to house the homeless and provide better services for them.
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