Now that the most controversial election has come to an end, people are still spewing out their opinions. As a new voter with not much interest in politics, I felt like an outsider looking in. While doing this, I noticed how the candidates are not the problem, but that us Americans are.

People are tearing each other apart based one one check mark they put down on one piece of paper. No matter who I voted for, it does not define me as a person. It may speak for parts of what I believe in, but your opinion should not change of me just because I did not vote the same as you. We need to stop spreading hate and start respecting differences.

Personally, I could not deal with the constant bickering of Trump vs Clinton and because of this, I decided to tell my friends I was voting the third party. To my great surprise, this caused more chaos. My views still were not respected because third party voting still does not meet people’s standard of “normal.”

You are wasting your vote.

Please explain to me how voting for who I believe in is wasting a vote. No person can tell another that their opinion is wrong. Your own personal view obtains to you and does not have to please everyone else.

Might as well just not vote.

Yes, I might as well still vote because my voice deserves to be heard. Our ancestors fought long and hard for the right to vote. Especially, women's right to vote which was not really even too long ago. Therefore, I am going to exercise my right as an American citizen.

If you are not voting for Trump you are voting wrong.

I do not know how many different times I will have to say this, but my opinion is still valid just because you do not agree with it. I can see though that your arrogance matches Trump’s very well.

You should be voting for Clinton to show you support women.

It would be a historic moment to see the first woman President be in office, but that does not mean all women should have voted for her. I support women and cannot wait for the first woman President, but that does not mean I had to vote for her. One thing does not match up to the other.

People are always going to have something to say about what you do, so just stay true to who you are and follow what you believe in.

Who I actually voted for you ask? That is something only I will ever know.