For many others and myself this is a big slap in the face rather than a complementary pat on the back. When I finally turned 18 I started counting down to the point in which I could vote. It’s a huge deal to me since I can exercise my right of suffrage for the first time and it only comes around every four years. Nevertheless, that excitement has been abrogated for the following reasons:
1. Donald Trump
I’m not against him only because of his rude comments but against most of his politics. Nevertheless, I actually agree with a few of them. For example, his view on common core is “"I'm a tremendous believer in education. But education has to be at a local level. We cannot have the bureaucrats in Washington telling you how to manage your child's education." (Donald Trump, Facebook post Jan. 26, 2016) We also both believe that people should be required to bring Photo ID when they vote. You'd bring your ID to get into a club right so why not bring it to do one of the most important things in this country? The main reason as to why I don’t want Trump for president is that we don’t agree on a lot of things and I believe that for someone to become president they should have some background in politics.
2. Hillary Clinton
Now this is someone who has had a background in politics. Someone who has given back to others. Also quite the scandalous person as well. I’m not going to lie when I first heard she was running I was all for her and how awesome having a woman for president would be. I also wanted to see how Bill Clinton would be being the potential “first man” and former president at the same time. With Clinton I feel there is just a lack of trust. She changes sides all the time. I’m not saying that she can’t because she’s human and we change our minds a lot. However, It’s quite difficult to vote for someone who is constantly switching sides how can you have the slightest idea about what the next four years will be like when you don’t know if she’ll change her mind in a heartbeat. I know that some Bernie supporters (such as myself) were upset when he dropped out of the race. However, he did a good thing. If he’d kept going the democratic vote would have been split between Himself and Clinton creating a bigger possibility for the republican candidate to win. However, when I vote I want to vote for someone who I feel a connection to and feel that I can somewhat trust. Don’t you?
3. No one knows enough about the other candidates
As much as I hate to admit it it’s almost precedent like for the election to end up being between the Republican and Democratic parties. The last president who was not associated with the democratic or republican political parties was Whig Party member Millard Fillmore in 1853. That was over a century ago (163 years to be exact). For the most part everyone has basic knowledge who Trump and Clinton are. How many actually know the politics of Gary Johnson or Jill Stein? I believe that, member of the Green Party, Jill Stein is a great candidate for president but she doesn’t have much popularity mainly because she’s not as heard of. I researched whether she was still in the presidential debate and she is but she’s not really in the news as of right now. I had to go to her Facebook page to find out if she was still in the race. The election is basically pre-planned in a way. It's unlikely for a candidate from an independent party to win are even be well known. Which leaves us with either the democratic nominee or the Republican nominee. With the nominees from these parties it makes me not want to vote at all.
BUT...
Though I’m not excited to vote I still will and encourage you to do the same. The act of suffrage is not only a right it’s a necessity -- especially in this election.
