I don't know an awful lot about politics. I usually avoid political conversations because I don't want to be trapped in a corner by my naiveté, nor do I want to engage in that sort of tense and controversial conversation on a regular basis. My own political views are still forming, my own thoughts and opinions beginning to develop after years of hearing the views I thought I was supposed to have.

Like many other millennials, the 2016 Presidential Election is the first presidential election that I am eligible to vote. And like many other millennials, I'm feeling rather stuck. The Presidential Candidates are seldom ideal, but in this election, I feel like our choices are especially terrible, without getting into the reasons why. You can make arguments forever about why you should vote or shouldn't vote for Trump or Hillary, but the truth is, both of them come with baggage and issues that are causing the American people to become very nervous for this coming November.

Millennials usually get a lot of shit for what we do and what we don't do. Some of it we deserve, some of it we really don't deserve. One thing we did not do is put our country in its current position, where many voters are unhappy, conflicted between a bad choice and a worse choice. We did not put our country in this position, but we can help get it out.

Regardless of your political party, regardless of how much you may despise on or both of our Presidential Nominees, you have to get out there and vote! It is your civic duty as an American Citizen. More than that, your vote can very much change the outcome of this election. The American People, I believe. as a whole, can bring a positive outcome from this negative situation.

After all, we are not electing a dictator, despite what people may think. We are electing a president, the executive branch of the system of checks and balances. The three branches of government are there for reason, to keep anything detrimental from happening. And we, the American People, are voters for a reason. The government exists by the people and for the people, so vote, and take control and make the government do the job it's supposed to do for you.

Don't be stubborn. Don't withhold your vote as an act of protest. Vote. Because in your vote is the power to change.