If you haven't seen "House of Cards" this may contain spoilers!

While politics can often be boring, the behind-the-scenes view of Frank Underwood's political agenda is incredibly exciting. Played by Kevin Spacey, Frank Underwood, a Democrat from South Carolina, is the Senate Majority Whip around the time the show starts. From there, he intimidates people and pulls straws to get the majority on his side of bills and amendments that reach the Senate Floor. He will do anything-even murder-to get his way. Eventually, his scare tactics along with the wit of his wife Clare get him into the President's chair. Along the way, reporters try to uncover him, and people who thought he was on their side are threatened. Each episode is equally exciting, as Frank Underwood often speaks directly to the camera audience and schemes play out that would get any politician today fired; the best part is, he always seems to get away with it. If only today's politics were so exciting, maybe more people would pay attention.

But wait! Just this past week, the Republican National Convention was held in Cleveland, Ohio. From what the media showed to the rest of the world, the convention held just as much splendor as an Episode of House of Cards. There was plenty of speaking, convincing, yelling, protesting, and sneakiness. It even seemed to kick off the main event with dramatic lighting and music.

Just like "House of Cards," the RNC was a family affair for a while. Everywhere Frank Underwood was, Clare was right there defending him. She was fierce, strong and independent, with nothing but good to say about her husband. Whether or not she wrote the words she said, or meant them.

Throughout "House of Cards," Frank Underwood had to manipulate people in order to get what he wanted, as it now seems Donald Trump has done with the Republican party. Speaker Paul Ryan would not endorse Trump at the beginning, and now the whole party seems to be okay with Trump's candidacy. Ted Cruz was the only one who said "vote your conscious" instead of endorsing Trump.

It seems that one of the reasons that everyone loves Trump is because he's so brash and "brutally honest" in a way many politicians are not. That's not quite Frank Underwood's style: he's only brutally honest behind the scenes. When it comes to the media, however, Donald Trump and Frank Underwood both know how to manipulate it and use it for their benefit. Underwood gets publicity when it's good for him, and Trump says loud, outrageous things that give him free publicity because his entertaining banter seems to make the news stations more popular. And when he speaks? It doesn't matter what he says, as long as he promises great things for the American people. Like how Frank Underwood promoted his plan to make jobs for America. And how Trump talks about building a wall and fighting ISIS.

Underwood has a lot of people on his side. Some because of threats, some because of promises, and some because of bargains. Trump has a lot of people on his side now, when the Republican party started off the election season saying "There is no way Trump is going to be the presidential candidate." As Trump said, he "knows how to be presidential. It's easy." (He proceeds to walk up to the podium in an orderly fashion with a stern face and hands folded in front of him.) How did Trump, a business man with no government experience, gain so many followers?

If real politics was like "House of Cards," who knows what the presidential hopeful would have done to get to where he is? We get to see the behind-the-scene details that incriminate Underwood, but we don't get to see the behind-the-scene deals that Trump has made to secure his position. Sure, he's become popular with a fair portion of citizens of the United States, but at what costs?

While House of Cards is incredibly entertaining but inaccurate, there are a lot of things that Frank Underwood did that probably align with how the government is actually run. As Majority Whip, Underwood had to make a lot of deals with people in the Senate to get votes to go the way he wanted. When it came to getting his seat as Secretary of State, he had to be strategic and do what that President wanted him to do. As President, however, Underwood abused his power in ways the camera could see but the show's citizens could not. Much of the government is not so corrupt and evil, but there are certainly decisions that are made based on political alliances instead of for the interest of the general public.

The Republican National Convention may have been about as entertaining as an episode of House of Cards because of the crazy road it took to get there. Lots of people bragged on behalf of Trump. Music was played. Some people took to the stage to scare America and list all the terrorist attacks happening in the world today. Some people refused to endorse the candidate. Some people took the stage to bad-mouth the other party's candidate. Some people even put mustard from the condiment station into a water bottle (this is true-there was a live camera on the condiment station courtesy of Twitter). The RNC put on quite a show, but I think I learned more about government policy from House of Cards. So sit back, relax and see which government falls apart faster.

*Vote your conscious this election season*