This presidential election that is coming up is one that is important to me as a citizen, as this is the first election I will be able to vote in. Since I'm no longer in AP Government and Politics, my interest in politics has all but dwindled, but because I am a Journalism major, I try my best to keep up to date on the top candidates and their issues.

While there are a substantially large amount of candidates running the front runners are Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and John Kasich.

Many of my peers are rooting for Bernie Sanders -- the independent senator from Virginia who seems to have all the answers to the problems that the generations before us caused. Some of these issues include: income and wealth inequality, getting big money out of politics, combating climate change, women's rights, free college tuition, LGBT inequality, universal health care, improving the rural economy and fighting for disability rights. A lot these issues are hot button issues for millennials, and it seems like Bernie Sanders is the only one who is actually listening to what we want.

While personally, I do agree with a lot of Bernie Sander's stance on particular issues and I hope to see him go far, politics isn't all puppies and rainbow.

Expectation vs. Reality

If Bernie Sanders were to be elected as president, we would have a situation similar to the situation President Obama faced following George Bush's presidency.

Because of the mess George Bush left our country in, Barack Obama was basically handed a smashed computer and asked to reassemble it blindfolded. 8 years was nowhere near enough time to fix everything that was broken while also implementing his new policies. This caused a lot of distrust from the American public, accusing Obama to be a liar, fraud and having a failed presidency.

During his second term, we saw a lot of opposition from having a divided government. A lot of Obama's progressive policies were definitely not going to fly with a mostly Republican Congress. The victories we have seen have definitely been a step in the right direction, and Barack Obama has done and amazing job considering all that has been thrown at him. It's not everything we could've hoped for.

This is why I worry about Bernie Sanders. Most of his proposed ideas are great, and to see them implemented would do a lot of good for the millennials today, but also beneficial to generations to come. But with a strong Republican dominated house it's highly unlikely that these changes would come into effect.

Like most people my age, I desperately want to see some measurable change in this country in my lifetime. A part of me knows that Bernie Sanders is a candidate that could do this, but can he do it is the real question.