Election season is in full swing, with two Democratic and three Republican candidates left in the race.Maryland’s Democratic and Republican primaries are both on April 26—delegates counts are stacking up and every vote counts. Let’s take a look at their positions according to their supporters.

Todd Williams from Maryland for Trump

What is your position within the Trump campaign?
I am a volunteer, I’ve managed Maryland’s Trump Facebook Page and I am also a delegate for Hartford County for the National Republican Committee.

Why do you support Donald Trump?
The number one reason is he is free-thinking, not politically correct, and funding his own campaign. He is not beholden to a PAC (Political Action Committee); in other words, he isn’t owned by anyone. I’ve been a supporter since day one when he decided to run. I’ve grown up knowing him, business-wise, financially. I’m a firm believer in running the government as a business and in less government.

Why should high school students support Trump?
You want to fix what’s wrong. The number one thing that needs to be fixed is our deficit. As a high school student, and a future taxpayer, you want to decrease taxes. You want to spend your own money and not have the government spend your money. The only way to do that is decrease the deficit and balance the budget.

That’s the biggest difference between Republicans and Democrats. Democrats want to spend your money and Republicans want you to keep your money. With balancing the budget, you’re going to have to cut programs. What we’ve done here in the state of Maryland under Governor Hogan is we had to cut Democratic spending. We have to balance the budget. That’s your first step.

What are Trump’s main policy issues?
The biggest thing is closing the borders, immigration, abiding by the rule of law in our country. You can immigrate to our country, but there’s a process. Having illegal aliens run across the border into the country is costing every taxpayer additional dollars on welfare, medical expenses and education.

Trump’s campaign slogan is “Make America Great Again.” When exactly in the past and under which presidencies does Trump aspire to make America more like today?
You want to be a leader of the world again. You have a country like Turkey laughing at our president and saying they aren’t going to listen to or work with him to help fix the Middle East, what does that tell you about our opinion worldwide? That we are a laughingstock? We are pushed around in the world by other countries like Russia or China or North Korea because you don’t have a military that’s strong and defensive.

You want to make America great? Well, how do you make America great? You restore the respect, you restore the military, and you restore the power–and that is also economic power. You balance your budget, you’re not borrowing from other people, other countries, you don’t owe those countries money. Our dollar that we give to China and Japan is astronomical. I think Trump is patterning himself after a lot of what Ronald Reagan image-wise. Strong military, it’s just the whole look, it’s professional, it’s the whole nine yards.

Why should Trump, who has no political experience, be the Republican candidate over others who have held public office before?
It’s not up to the Republican party, it’s up to the people. Unfortunately for the Republican party, they are realizing too late that it’s up to the people.

Why is 2016 the year of the outsider?
Every year it’s the insider versus outsider. We haven’t had an outside person in a long time. I think America is fed up with what’s going on in both parties, and they are fed up with it not being fixed.
Anything else?
I would challenge everyone that is a senior or junior in high school to be active in politics. I was at an early age. I would encourage everyone to be involved.

Keanuu Smith Brown from Maryland Students for Bernie Sanders

What is your position within the Sanders campaign?
I founded Maryland Students for Bernie Sanders, which is an organization for different college students around Maryland. I am also the chair of Maryland for Bernie Sanders, which is the same type of organization, where we are bringing different members together on a county level. I am going to be on the chairing committee for the Maryland for Bernie Sanders campaign.

Why do you support Sanders?
Bernie Sanders definitely speaks to the hearts of many when he talks about redistributing the wealth. When the people at the top, the one percent and the one tenth of the one percent, who owns more wealth than 50 to 90 percent of the everyday Americans, there is a problem there. We need to get money out of politics so that politicians are not making choices for those wealthy people. We need to be investing in jobs and education, not jails and incarceration.

We talk about how we raise the minimum wage over a few years and how we get money back into the pockets of the people. Investing in jobs here in this nation and raising taxes on those at the top in order for that money to truly trickle down.

Sanders has always had the same message for the last forty years, he’s stood on the same values. When we look at the other politicians, especially the ones who are running for president, you don’t see that type of passion that Bernie Sanders has. I won’t say that Hillary Clinton doesn’t have great ideas, because I used to be a supporter of Hillary Clinton before I found out who Bernie was and what he stood for. I’ve found a man whose stood on his word for years and has not faulted in that message.

Why should high school students support Sanders?
He believes in education. He wants to make college affordable, but in order to make it affordable, you have to make sure the money that is being paid for college is coming from the right ways. You take the money from highly profitable corporations who are not paying their fair share of taxes and make sure that money is going into education. Having free education will allow for us to be competitive against other countries, allow us to have a better life in the future, we will be able to make money in those jobs that require an education.

Sanders’ campaign has been run on the concept of a “political revolution.” What constitutes this revolution and how does Sanders plan to carry it out?
The political revolution is about making sure that the big money interests are getting kicked out of politics, and making sure that the people stand up and demand that the government do what’s best for them. It’s about changing the way that politics is run, changing the way that government is being handled and changing the system so it is for us and will represent us.

How do we get it done? Well, we say to the American people, if you want change, if you feel that you are being ostracized in life, and that you are being put to the side by these big interests and politicians, then we stand up together and we say, “I have the power to elect my officials.”

Why is 2016 the year for a political revolution?
Barack Obama has done a lot of great things for this nation, but over the past eight years, banks have gotten bigger and corporations are making more profit. Why are they making more profit? Because politicians are continuing to allow the money to transfer from the lower income and middle class people up to the top. This is the year for that change because unless we do it this year, it’s going to continue and get worse. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity because it is rare that candidates come around who are electable and capable and who have been consistent.

Salik Farooqi from D.C. for Hillary

What is your position within the Hillary Clinton campaign?
I am a volunteer for D.C. for Hillary and I’ve been involved with canvassing and phone banking. I’ve also become part of the planning committee for D.C. for Hillary, which is involved with various campaign activities in D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

Why do you support Clinton?
She is the most qualified candidate that the United States has had in modern history because of her skills, knowledge and experience that she brings from working in public service at all levels of government, from the state level to the national level in the Senate and executive experience as Secretary of State. She’s an individual who really understands issues throughout the length and breadth of them. When you look through her record, she is an exceptional candidate and by far the most qualified of anyone who is running right now.

Why should high school students support Clinton?
She is a very inspiring individual. Sometimes I look at her biography and I’m just stunned. She doesn’t shy away from tough tasks; she takes the biggest, toughest challenges on. She is an incredibly brave individual and I think for someone growing up as a high school student, that exemplifies great characteristics.

Additionally, in terms of her policies, she has created this really fantastic proposal for college called the New College Compact. It is a very comprehensive proposal for students in public colleges to have free tuition if they satisfy certain income requirements. Secondly, if students do have to borrow any money, she has a plan that would make future student loans be at the lowest rates possible. Thirdly, she would allow students to refinance their loans if interest rates drop and furthermore she proposes that if students go into public service, their loans would be written off. The proposal is completely paid for—it cost[s] a total of around 250 billion dollars over ten years and she plans to fund it through cutting down tax exemptions on the wealthy.

What are Clinton’s main policy issues?
She is not a single-issue candidate—she speaks to many multi-dimensional issues. She has talked about the systemic issues that that face us in the 21st century. We have very complex challenges and they are interrelated. For example, economic inequality is present, but it is very much interlinked and cannot be dealt with alone. You also have to address systemic sexism, homophobia and climate change. These are very complex challenges both within the United States and globally. What I love about Hillary Clinton’s policies and proposals is that she’s got a vision and understanding of their interconnectedness and complexity.

What accomplishments in particular have rendered Clinton experienced?
When she was first lady, she led a historical effort for universal healthcare, which was unfortunately not successful because of opposition from the pharmaceutical industries and insurance, but she very valiantly stood up against them. She was able to set up the State Children’s Health Insurance Plan, which was the largest expansion of health care in the U.S. since Medicaid. What I think that exemplifies about her is that she takes on difficult challenges. Because of her experience, she understands the obstacles. That gives her the kind of skills to get us to 100 percent health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

Secondly, being President also requires you to be Commander in Chief. Especially in comparison to the other candidates, Hillary Clinton has an understanding of foreign affairs, due to her experience as Secretary of State, more than everyone else.

Are these experiences a strength or weakness?
In terms of the campaign, some people like individuals like Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders, because they make big statements and rail against what they call the establishment. But the job of the president is not about making big speeches, it is about making tough decisions. For me, there is only one person who has a handle on what the job of president is and who can do that very well.

These interviews have been edited and condensed for clarity. The Cruz and Kasich campaigns did not respond to multiple requests for interviews.