Amongst the thousands of people packed into the Tampa Convention Center, anxiously awaiting the appearance of Sen. John McCain, stands 19 of the 29 students in Stacie Cleary's AP Government class at East Bay High School. Cleary felt it was important for her students to be informed since many of her juniors and seniors are voting for the first time this year. Although the school board did not approve of the field trip, the silhouetted form of Natalie Coker, right, and 18 others decided to miss classes Tuesday in order to attend the rally and experience politics first hand. With the backdrop of the American flag, Coker, a 17-year-old high school junior, is not old enough to vote yet, but she said that several issues brought up in this election intrigue her. "Right now, my personal preference would be McCain," she said. She and her classmates also plan on attending an Obama rally if he comes back to Florida in the next couple of months.
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