Everyone Go Vote! Decide!

Persuadable Voters in 2008: Campaign Effects and Candidate Strategy
This presentation was probably the most educational class I have ever been too, I learned so much about elections and how they really work in our modern society. For me I came to a huge realization that our society is corrupt if this is how political campaigns run their elections. For me they way they target voters on wedge issues really scared me because people are so motivated by one or two issues that they will vote against all other issues they find important. And a lot of these issues appear to be social issues like abortion or gay marriage. I personally think we shouldn’t even talk about social issues unless they pertain to giving people more rights and abilities to choose in their own life. I don’t understand why our country fights so hard over whether to give or deny a group of people rights, for me it’s all about giving the most rights to the most people possible. But the tactics used by politicians seems like it is not about talking about the issues and how they will lead our country to a better and brighter future but rather why my views are better than their views. To me it seems really childish that we debate why one is better rather than how one is going to be the best thing for the country. For me I would really like to see an election where the candidates drop all the games talk about the issues and allow people to decide on those who they think is better no more of these games that plays games with our heads.
Maybe it is just me but I currently feel like the whole country is running around in a stage of infancy and paranoia with the election, I really hope that the people that are still undecided can figure out who they think will run this country in the best way possible and cast their vote! But with the record turnout at the primaries I’m excited to see the record turnout for the election in a few weeks. I can only hope for the best and that we as a country will move forward with positive change!