Personal Narrative: What I Learned During The Election Process

This past election was quite enlightening, as it was the first one where I had the mature intellect to pay attention to what was happening in this country. I remember feeling overjoyed in eighth grade that Barack Obama took office, but as for what actually happened during the election process? I had no clue, and my parents couldn’t even vote. But after living in this country for the past 15 years, my family can now say that we are U.S. citizens. It was a huge relief off our shoulders, but a new anxiety was cast with all the buzz I was hearing about the election.
Personally, I initially rooted for Bernie Sanders, a very progressive man with a platform that I, as well as many other youths, was all for. However, throughout the election process,