I have never voted. I probably won't ever vote. I'm not even registered to vote, and I'm not sorry about it.

I have been told for as long as I can remember that when I turn 18 years old I have the right to vote. I always looked forward to turning 18 for many reasons, and being able to vote was one of them. In my PIG (Participation In Government) class senior year of high school, my teacher made every one of us register to vote if we were going to be of age within three months time. At the time, I was only 17, and wasn't going to be 18 for another four months. I eagerly anticipated the day I turned 18, so that I could register myself to vote. However, when I turned 18, I didn't register myself.

Once I had turned 18, I was currently at college in a different state, and wasn't sure how to register myself. The thought about registering myself to vote had slipped my mind, and life went on. I don't really follow politics all that much, but from what I had seen on social media, and in the news, I didn't like what I was seeing.

I don't like that people are fighting so much over laws that should or should not be passed. I don't like that the ones running are sexist, racist and immature. Not that someone who is sexist, racist or immature is going to affect the way our country is run, but it makes our country look bad.

When I tell people I'm not registered to vote and that I don't want to be, they give me a funny look. They tell me that I'm "un-American" and that I am wrong for choosing to behave this way. I love my country. I am so glad that I was born and raised in America, and I am proud to be an American. The Fourth of July (the day our nation gained independence) is my favorite holiday. Just because I don't want to choose who runs our country, doesn't make me un-American.

The reasons I choose not to vote are as follows:

1. I don't follow politics. Therefore, I am ignorant on the subject. You wouldn't want someone who doesn't know why they're voting for someone to vote.

2. I can see both sides on things. There is nothing that I feel 100 percent strongly about because I am the type of person who can see both sides in an argument.

3. I don't want to vote. I am grateful that I have a choice to register myself and vote, but I just don't want to. I'm not lazy, I'm not un-American, I'm not ungrateful. I just choose not to vote.

4. I don't want to say I am Republican, and then decide I agree with the Democratic party, or vice versa, and then feel like I am betraying my "side."

5. I don't agree with either of the candidates running this election.

6. I don't like labels. If I register myself as a Republican, then I am forever known as being a Republican. If I register as a Democrat, then I am forever known for being a Democrat. If I register myself as Independent, then I am being labeled for not being able to pick a side. I don't want to be labeled with another thing. We are already labeled too much.

7. Being political leads to arguments. I don't like how I have to argue with my parents at the dinner table over gun laws, when in the end I don't really care! I want to be safe, I want to be protected and I care about the safety and protection of America. But I don't like that we are unsure how to go about protecting our country, and it leads to uncertainty and arguments.

8. You never know how something is going to go until it's actually happening. A president can only do so much. Congress are the ones who pass laws. Hillary and Trump can say that they're going to do all these things, but we can't guarantee that they're actually going to happen. So if I vote for one person over the other, I don't want to be responsible for making the wrong decision. To add, I am going into this election with high hopes for our country. So no matter who ends up being the president, I just hope they're a good one.

Overall, I don't have a strong enough opinion on politics to vote for anything or anyone. I don't want to be responsible for something if I made the wrong decision. I am not registered to vote, and at the moment I don't want to be. Will I ever be in the future? Who knows. But as of right now I don't feel like what decision I make is wrong. I don't want people to think that my reasons make me un-American. I am thankful I have a choice, and the right to do so, but I don't want to be forced into doing something I don't want to do.