Election ’08
With the Presidential Election only a few days away, I am starting to become stressed out about who I am going to vote for. I feel like it is such a confusing situation for me since I am not a die-hard republican or a die-hard democrat. I may sound ignorant and a little uneducated but I feel like I do not know enough about each party to make my decision.
I know what which party my parent’s are voting for, and that does have a lot of influence over my decision, but I still want to know more. I know that having the privilege to vote is a big deal and you should be 100% positive for who you are voting for. I feel like there is a lot of pressure for my generation to vote in this election being that it will be our futures that we are voting for and it being such a close selection.
Whenever I try to talk to someone about my decision I feel as if the person I speak to can be very persuasive and biased on their decision and which side they are on, which is understandable.
I guess that I have a lot of studying to do this week since it is the last week of vote, because I really do feel like my age groups decision is important and everyone should take voting seriously.
Tbass1 replied:
I had the same problem. However, I solved it by not voting. The way I look at it NOT voting is just as American as voting I’m sick of people trying to force everyone to vote. If there weren’t those who didn’t exercise their right to not vote everyone would have to vote and that would be unconstitutional. Politics is always a contraversial topic so while I have my opinions I keep them to myself and don’t bring up politics because it usually leads to arguments that can’t be won. So if you don’t know who to vote for don’t be affraid to wait because there is another election in four years that could bring about just as much change as this election.
November 24, 2008 at 10:30 pm. Permalink.
Cory Bradshaw replied:
Regardless of who you ended up voting for it’s great that you at least voted. My roommate didn’t vote because he said he had no interest in politics. How can you not be interested!? These people are going to be deciding the policies that will affect our future. By saying that you don’t care about politics essentially means you don’t care about your own future. That’s absurd! The funny thing is that later he was actually complaining about the election results.
November 30, 2008 at 9:13 pm. Permalink.