We are living in a world where the government influences how we live. There are rules and regulations that are in place for our safety and we put our trust in the hands of a single individual to do what is right for our country. In addition, our three branches of government are designed to provide checks and balances of each other.
We are just months away from electing a new leader of the free world and for some, choosing which candidate to vote for at the moment is not something that they are completely sure of.
We are living in a time where the man who is leading the Republican polls just purchased jebbush.com, due to the fact that Jeb Bush’s managers failed to grab that site in addition to jebbush2016.com. We are living in a world where the man who might be our next president is childish enough to purchase the website of an opponent and put his name all over it. Do we want someone like this in office? Someone who thinks making things harder for others is acceptable?
What do we want as a leader? According to Pew Research, a survey of Americans stated that 55 percent thought that any typical American could solve the problems of our country better than elected officials. How much do we trust political candidates or the government in general? Can politicians even be trusted? Or are we just spoon fed the information that we want to hear to gain their vote and then see no changes a few years from now?
Pew states that 74 percent of Americans have given a lot or some thought to which candidate they are going to support, which is higher than in the past two presidential elections.
Has watching the presidential debates become a mere form of entertainment? Do we tune in to watch the candidates argue or call eachother out? Seven in 10 Americans have watched the debates, and 51 percent have said that they are “fun to watch.” Many of us are culprits of turning on the debates to watch the candidates make a mockery of each other. It’s a form of entertainment. We get it. But should these debates be taken more seriously? And how serious are the topics that they are discussing? Are they the issues that Americans want to hear about?
According to Pew Research, a majority of Americans today feel as if they are on the losing side regarding the issues that they are passionate about. The Washington Post says that 58 percent of nationally surveyed Americans feel as if the race thus far has not been centered on important policy debates.
Are these issues that we are passionate about even being addressed? Or are we too worried about what faces Donald Trump is going to make on television? Too worried if Hillary Clinton can handle her email accounts or not?
We want the issues to be addressed and for the politicians to be in the spotlight for the right reasons. Do we want a celebrity as the next president or someone who has the passion that we want for our country? We guess we’ll just have to wait a few more months to find out.
