Ex- parliamentarian Waleed Al-Tabtabae is the man referred to. He lives within the district where the university is located, and the many Islamist parties and peoples of related tribal groups end up supporting whomever this kingmaker says they should vote for.
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On the other hand, Qatari writes that many young men and women are breaking away from family tradition and beliefs.
One female student said she would support Aseel Al-Awadhi, a female candidate this election. "I love her so much! We need people like her to fix this country before it turns into a wasteland!"
This same student, named Aisha, also explained that even though her mother supports one "religious candidate who is a distant relative", she tells her mother to think about Dr. Aseel.
Aisha moans that her mom simply responds, "I should either be helping this distant relative of ours or not vote at all." Aisha, herself, has also been politically active on campus before, running for office two years earlier.
The polarizations in Kuwaiti politics make it hard for many Kuwaiti youth to choose to move from one political affiliation to another.
One student, Jaber, who doesn't really like what the conservative religious parties do votes for them any way. Jaber explains why: "My friends [on the conservative tickets] ask me to work with them in putting up the posters and preparing the headquarters in campus. And [meanwhile] the guys from Mostaqilla and Wasat (aka Democratic Circle) have an appalling attitude to you if you look like a conservative or if you befriend people who do."
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