Primary

I have never voted in the primary elections. I have seen the sad attempts of small green party candidates in Minneapolis trying to make a bid for the president, but always known they would have no chance. I was always impressed with how many useless bumper stickers there were after primary elections were over and certain candidates didn’t make it anywhere. I never got involved.

It is much harder to turn a blind eye with the coming elections. With the bad taste in my mouth over President Bush and the many intriguing candidates on the Democratic side, I cannot help but think about the primaries and how exciting it is to be able to choose the candidate that will represent their party in the bid for president.

I am struggling with investing in any one candidate because of my previous sentiments. I know there will be many losers. I know that lots of bumper stickers are going to be obsolete. More than anything, I want the winning primary candidate to become the winner. My vote in the primary feels distinctly different than a vote for the president.

When voting for a president, I feel free to vote for whom I want to be president - hoping others will follow suit and election the best candidate. Voting in the primary seems different, a scary amount of power. I feel like I need to vote for the person who can get elected. Hillary and Obama have huge followings, but could one of them win? Who will the rest of the nation vote for? Who will they trust? Democrats may rejoice in choosing Hillary in the primaries, but if the rest of the nation is not ready to put a woman in power, we have just lost another four years. We need to make sure we put the person on the election bill who is going to beat the opposing candidate.

Basically, my brain is unable to separate which candidate I want to win from the candidate I think needs to win in order to secure a better political future.

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