Ahead of the Nov. 8 General Election, we asked readers their thoughts on the recent debate and the 2016 Presidential election.

I don’t like Donald Trump, and I’m confused because I don’t know who’s doing right. They’re confusing me; it seems like they’re both dishonest. I’ve never seen an election like this, it’s crazy. I’m concerned about talk of more war and talk of implanting a chip in people that can be scanned; I don’t agree with that. Maybe I’ll vote for Hillary, I don’t know. I would only vote for her because I don’t like him. Trying to send people back to their countries is not right.
Mariana Archilla
West Farms

I saw the last debate. I thought Hillary won, but I think Donald Trump should have won because he is concerned about the economy. Hillary, like Trump said, had all those years to do something. A lot of people say he’s racist, but in my opinion that doesn’t matter to me. I just want our economy to improve, so I would like to vote Trump. They acted very nasty to each other and one was no better than the other. They both had words for each other and it was insane.
Tracy Whitmore
Norwood 

I didn’t catch all of the debate because I was flying, but I saw the other two and they were so-so. I wanted to see the third one, but really didn’t get the chance. Never in my life have I seen a race like this. I’m from down south where they get hot, but this is worse than anything I’ve ever seen, even when I was a kid in the 50’s. This was worse. If you look at some of the clips and if you look at when George Wallace was running for president, look at the words of Donald Trump and their words are identical. It’s scary and you don’t want that.
Fredrick Thomas
Kingsbridge

I caught enough of the debate. My feeling is it seems to be more like kids in a playground than politicians trying to let people know what they would do to help the people; it’s way out of line. It’s a mudslinging thing. I don’t want to say “Donald Chump,” but he’s not political, he’s a business man. Hillary Clinton is a politician, she might not be the most straightforward politician, [but] I would trust her dealing with other world leaders before I would trust Donald Trump. We need more than just two people and I think they should have let the independent candidates in the debate.
Mark Butts
Bedford Park

I don’t like either candidate, but I trust Hillary Clinton more than I trust Donald Trump. I’m glad that Donald Trump is honest because I can imagine him holding all his feelings back and then becoming president and then we see who the real Donald Trump is. So I’m glad he’s been very honest that now we know. A President Donald Trump scares me to tell you the truth. Words that he says, you wouldn’t think a person running for the office of president would actually say.
James Jones
Bedford Park