Our generation is often called the Millennial Generation, or Generation Y. This group is generally characterized as being made up of people who were born between 1980 and the late 1990’s. This year, the tail end of the Millennial Generation will be old enough to vote in the 2016 presidential election. I myself am one of the youngest members of this generation, and this upcoming election will be the first year I can vote as well. While this is an extremely exciting opportunity, I can honestly say that I am terrified of the potential outcome of this election; and here’s why.

There's a serious possibility that Donald Trump might win the Republican nomination.

You literally can’t go anywhere without seeing or hearing something about Donald Trump. He has gained the support of so many people, that he is currently the front-runner for the nomination of the Republican Party. But our generation is known to want to "Dump Trump." According to Real Clear Politics, less than 2 percent of Trump's supporters are under the age of 30. That's pretty pathetic. Large majorities of people see him as someone who is not only racist, but is also manipulative and downright mean. A large majority of his comments offend people of all different groups. Not only has he repeatedly attacked Muslims and Mexicans, but he’s also insulted TV personalities like Rosie O’Donnell, calling her “ugly and fat.” This obviously turns off tons of people. What's even worse is that our generation is said to be the most open-minded generation we've ever had, and most of us don't even like Trump. Trump also has some extreme policies such as barring all Muslims out of the country until we can get terrorism under control, and building a wall on the border of the United States and Mexico to stop illegal immigration. While nobody would argue that the topics of terrorism and illegal immigration aren’t issues, Trump’s solutions to those problems are seen not only as extreme, but downright crazy. The possibility of him being our president is concerning for most of our generation because we're going to be the ones who have to pick up the pieces after he makes a mess.

There's a serious possibility that Hillary Clinton might win the Democratic nomination.

Hillary Clinton, while some of us see her as nowhere near as bad as Donald Trump, still hasn't won our support. Among citizens who are currently between the ages of 18 and 24, 51 percent of those that are affiliated with a political party identify as democrats. While that’s pretty high, it’s also pretty obvious that the majority of this population is “feeling the Bern.” The NPR claims that 78 percent of 18-44-year-old democrats support Bernie Sanders for the democratic nomination, while 21 percent of them back the other Democratic front-runner, Hillary Clinton. Chances are she won't be winning our vote anytime soon with her changes in stances on different issues over the years. She had claimed up until as recently as 2015 that she believed marriage should only be between a man and a woman. She said that she "[believed] marriage is not just a bond but a sacred bond between a man and a woman.” It has just come about this election that she believes gay marriage should be legal in the United States, a stance that she needs to hold true to in order to win over a lot of our generation of voters. But, knowing that she didn't have that position before this election makes us question what she truly believes and what she's claiming to believe to win our votes.

There's a serious possibility that the candidates our generation would vote for won't even be on the ballot.

A lot of our generation has chosen to stand behind Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz, or even Marco Rubio. But as of March 15th, Rubio isn't in the running anymore after he lost critical votes in certain states. After the March 14th primaries, Hillary Clinton was ahead of Bernie Sanders; but not by a landslide. Donald Trump was also ahead of Ted Cruz, but Ted Cruz is putting up a fight too. Then there's John Kasich who you never hear anyone talk about unless you live in Ohio. The point is, we are beginning to have to face the reality that who we want, might not be who is even on the ballot. If the most popular candidates in our age group aren't even on the ballot, would we go vote for the lesser of two evils? Or will this push our generation's voters away from the polls altogether? Time will tell.