Ok, we all know what everyone is going to be talking about tonight so I’m just going to state my opinion. If your opinions are different than mine that’s ok by me, but please don’t leave mean comments. I don’t really want to discuss my opinions farther than what I am about to write.
First, I am not registered to vote. I registered once when I was 18, but none of it made any sense to me. When I was pregnant with SuperChic Illinois was going through an election year. I was on bed rest with no cable, I watched a lot of campaign crap. And I do mean a lot. The people I would have voted for, for Senator and DA, were both elected.
Second, this year there were a lot of different things to consider when voting. I really wasn’t sure which way to turn in the beginning. Generally, I’d vote Democratic, if I voted, but I wouldn’t have voted for Clinton. I think she could do the job well, but now isn’t the time. At first Obama was my choice. As I said I would usually vote Democratic.
Third, as the election got farther and farther along I realized that, in my opinion, McCain was the better choice.
Fourth, I would vote for the better candidate, no matter their affiliation. This weekend I found out my parents vote the same way. This made me feel much better, because I thought that if you registered Democrat you HAD to vote Democrat. I now know that this isn’t true.
Fifth, by the time I realized that I really had an interest in this election and that I actually had the desire to vote, it was too late. I don’t know what it was about this election, but I do know that it had nothing to do with the actual candidates themselves, but it just felt different to me.
I think it has more to do with a maturity in myself that wasn’t there in the past. I’ve grown a lot in the last six years, but this last year has definitely been a big change for me. Maybe it has to do with being 30 next month, maybe it has to do with being happy with me. Whatever it is, I plan on embracing it.
And finally, next election I plan on being registered, and I plan on voting.
Can I just add that this was not the post I planned on writing. It just happened.
bethany actually says:
I had every intention of voting in this election, assuming I was still registered to vote in AZ as I had not re-registered anywhere and I still have an AZ driver’s license and we have AZ license plates on one of our cars. But when I went to request absentee ballots I was surprised to find out I wasn’t in their voting register. Neither Troy nor I were. And wouldn’t you know, we found that out one day past the deadline to register in time to vote for the election. *sigh*
Good thing it didn’t really matter that much to me one or the other. I wasn’t thrilled with either candidate, and although I would have voted for McCain and think he would have made a better president for a variety of reasons, I don’t think it’s the end of the world that Obama won. We shall see.
November 4th, 2008 at 9:50 pm