In anticipation of Election Day, economics major Jit Singh shared his thoughts about Meg Whitman’s platform Tuesday with vigor.

“Ironically, there’s a Whitman commercial out saying how in the late ’70s when she came to California, it was such a prosperous and great state. So, essentially, she’s also endorsing Jerry Brown cause he was doing such a great job,” Singh said.

The Economics Club held the presentation at the Teleconference Center, breaking down the numbers and highlighting promises of each candidate for Governor of California; Democrat Brown and Republican Whitman.

Singh mentioned that Brown wants to decrease prison spending.

“For every $1 that we spend on students, we’re spending eight times that on prisoners,” Singh said, which refers to all students in the California public system from K through 14, including community college students.

Although the club’s president, Marco Tolento, noted that the presentation was envisioned as an informative lecture, right out of the gates the two pairs defended their respective candidates in what transformed into a lively discussion.

Singh and Lalo Mancilla represented Brown’s policies while Jessica Ayunani and Vineet Jain did so for Whitman; the moderator and all panelists are members of the Economics Club.

Rosalinda Diaz, moderator, presented information pertaining to state funding, with a special focus on each candidate’s plans for education.

According to Diaz, the goal of proposition 25 is to end the requirement for a two-thirds vote and replacing it with a simple majority.

Jain said that Whitman plans to invest $1 billion in the CSU and UC systems and she opposes proposition 25.

“She thinks that… it’s just going to give [Sacramento] a license to pass and increase taxes for us,” Jain said.

Voting yes on prop 25 will end the two-thirds requirement for the state legislature, which led to a gridlock for 100 days of California operating without a budget and Cerritos College students losing Cal Grant funding until November.

Whitman wants to outsource prisoners to other states as well as increase tax incentives for universities, according to Ayunani.

“I was really excited that there was a little passion on both sides and the crowd interacted very well with the question and answers segment,” Tolento said.

Singh said that 50 to 60 people turned out for the Economics Club’s prop 19 debate, which took place a few weeks ago.

“The crowd difference had to do with the fact that we really didn’t make flyers and didn’t promote it as well as I think we should [have],” Singh said.

As for students interested in joining the Economics Club; Tolento said they’re on Facebook and they meet in room SS 306 at 11 a.m. every second and fourth Tuesday.