Personally, I don't want to write a political post. I am super in to politics, I relish in debate. I'm an avid advocate for my party, and I voted early to support my team. However, I know that nothing I say will change the stubborn minds of either party, and more than likely will just cause severances in friendships that I kind of like having. After the last election, I almost lost a good friend. We didn't speak for months afterwards. I almost hit her in the hallway, it was brutal. So. I will keep my opinions to myself. Unless asked, because then it's just a whole lot of fun!
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I don't know what it is about politics that intrigues me so much. And rather than ignore it and become complacent like many of my young adult counterparts, I actively seek out political ads. Maybe it's just because I'm living in a foreign country and the ads aren't around that I want to see them. But I love to watch the ads from both sides. It's just funny. There's so much that goes in to making one guy look like "the man" and the other to look like a bozo. But in all reality, most minds are made up. And the ones that aren't, probably aren't the people we want voting anyway...
Here's what I have to say, because I know you're dying for my opinion on this (and if you aren't, go read someone else's blog. I don't mind). Vote or don't. It's up to you, it's your right to vote and your choice if you don't. In all reality, will it have a huge effect if you don't vote? Depends. Do you live in Ohio? Then yes. But until we throw out the Electoral College, it really doesn't make a lot of sense either way. But, I respect you whether you vote Democrat, Republican, Green, Libertarian, or not at all. As long as you have a good, thought out reason for doing what you do. Apathy is unacceptable. At least in my book. I had a friend today that told me she was not voting because she did not feel well enough educated on the issues to make the right decision. I feel like that makes sense. And I support her.
Main point being: do what you do. Just don't be belligerent about your opinions, that just gets us nowhere in a hurry.
