I’m normally not one to talk about politics, but, well, this wasn’t a normal election.
This presidential election was the first one that I, as a 21-year-old, was able to vote in, and you bet I exercised that right. I requested my absentee ballot, filled it out and overnight-ed it to my home state Florida, hoping that it would make a difference.
Come Election Day, I flipped on CNN and vehemently watched the poll statistics pour in, only to find myself utterly shocked as Trump’s votes skyrocketed and Clinton’s stagnated. Finally calling it quits at 1:45a.m., I, like many Americans, woke up the next day with a heavy heart.
Having grown up in south Florida and going to college in Boston, I have always been surrounded by progressive people, most of whom are anti-Trump. So, the day after the election when my Facebook newsfeed was filled with countless despondent and sorrowful posts that expressed fear, encouraged …show more content…
I want to know that there is some valid rationality out there toward Trump’s victory. I need to believe that there is hope for truly making America, as a united country, even better. We have come so far in the last few years in terms of acceptance, tolerance and understanding, and it just kills me to see that we could be backtracking (the anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim and sexist, just to name a few, incidences that have arose since Trump was elected are evidence of just that).
Should the Electoral College officially elect Trump on Dec. 19, I will accept him as my president because I am an American and will respect the democracy of my country. I will not let myself contribute to the friction that could further polarize America’s citizens during a time when we so desperately need unity. However, I also expect that, no matter who the president may be, we as a country fight together to promote justice and equality for all, because let’s face it: if we don’t, there won’t be any America left to “make great
This presidential election was the first one that I, as a 21-year-old, was able to vote in, and you bet I exercised that right. I requested my absentee ballot, filled it out and overnight-ed it to my home state Florida, hoping that it would make a difference.
Come Election Day, I flipped on CNN and vehemently watched the poll statistics pour in, only to find myself utterly shocked as Trump’s votes skyrocketed and Clinton’s stagnated. Finally calling it quits at 1:45a.m., I, like many Americans, woke up the next day with a heavy heart.
Having grown up in south Florida and going to college in Boston, I have always been surrounded by progressive people, most of whom are anti-Trump. So, the day after the election when my Facebook newsfeed was filled with countless despondent and sorrowful posts that expressed fear, encouraged …show more content…
I want to know that there is some valid rationality out there toward Trump’s victory. I need to believe that there is hope for truly making America, as a united country, even better. We have come so far in the last few years in terms of acceptance, tolerance and understanding, and it just kills me to see that we could be backtracking (the anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim and sexist, just to name a few, incidences that have arose since Trump was elected are evidence of just that).
Should the Electoral College officially elect Trump on Dec. 19, I will accept him as my president because I am an American and will respect the democracy of my country. I will not let myself contribute to the friction that could further polarize America’s citizens during a time when we so desperately need unity. However, I also expect that, no matter who the president may be, we as a country fight together to promote justice and equality for all, because let’s face it: if we don’t, there won’t be any America left to “make great