In the wake of the concerning but not surprising performance of Donald Trump at this past week's second presidential debate, we are finally watching him- and his various lies- implode. After a video featuring Trump bragging about his unwanted sexual advances on women surfaced on the internet, the businessman-turned-wannabe-politician is finally falling apart.

It's no surprise that Hillary is winning, both in the debates and the polls. She's an accomplished, intelligent woman being forced to debate against an uniformed, belligerent man who acts more like a stubborn child than a refined politician. But there are some Republicans who disagree; they feel the polls aren't accurately reflecting what America needs. They believe America needs Donald Trump.

An analysis of the polls revealed that if women couldn't vote, Trump would be winning the election, since many of Hillary's supporters are female. Their solution to this "problem" is to keep the voters not supporting their political choice from voting at all. Forget democracy, forget equal rights! If someone has a valid opinion that doesn't happen to align with the Republican viewpoint, then the solution they're proposing is to abolish their right to have an opinion at all.

This isn't new; many Republicans have been targeting women, minority groups, the poor, the young, and the elderly for years. But seeing as we've had a Democratic president for the past two terms, clearly their efforts to allow only those who agree with them to vote are failing.

I am a woman. I am a person. I have a valid opinion about who I want to see in office, and it's not your candidate. That doesn't make my opinion any less valid. That doesn't mean I shouldn't be given the right to vote. I'm not just voting for Hillary because she's a woman; I'm voting for Hillary because she's a competent politician with the right temperament and experience, and because I believe she would succeed.

If making America "great" again means that we have to regress nearly a century to a time when women couldn't vote, then, I'm sorry, but there's something seriously skewed with your idea of greatness. Stripping hard-earned rights away from people doesn't make you great, or even powerful; it just makes you look very, very desperate.

And based off the way the polls are turning as we grow closer and closer to the election, desperate is something I think we can all agree Donald Trump is beginning to be.