In the past, I’ve paid no attention to the presidential election until it came down to the final two and whoever didn’t make the most sense sounded right. Since entering the professional journalism world, I’ve succumbed to two 30 minute drives consumed by National Public Radio (NPR) and now I’m willing to enter a campaign trivia game if needed. No, not really, but I’m that confident.
Before I did get into politics, after analyzing the race, I really only want to look away because the biggest idiot in America is head of the Republican party. This could be a post complaining about Trump, but rather it be promoting the race for my generation to go out and vote. I care about this presidential election because Trump is a candidate with inconsistent remarks who is all over the place. People base his success on the buildings he has built, which most of them just lease his name to be on it. More about his ridiculousness John Oliver.
As social media contorts the simplest of things, it has shed a lot of light on this year’s election and gained a ton of attention from millennials. Part of the reason why I’ve never cared about the election was because I wasn’t an adult and for 2012, I turned 18 late and couldn’t register in time. Now that the internet does whatever it does, its hard to shy away from the leading candidate’s latest memes. This is part where I warn my generation to be cautious when basing their political views on what they see in the media. Figure out what each candidate’s policies are and base your opinion on that, not the highlights from rioter’s at a caucus.
Today is the primary election day in 13 states, which basically means nothing for the general election in November, however, it does show the popularity vote in each state, which could lay the grounds for the bigger election day.
Now that the polls have closed (at least in Vermont) keep up with factual sources for the presidential election and get out and vote for who you want in office. Don’t just retweet and repost videos and memes. Practice what you preach.
