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The Election: A Teen's Perspective

Have you wondered what a non-voting teen thinks when they look at the election? Well, here it is.

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As a 16 year old looking at the upcoming election, I see nothing but pure hatred. Hatred for the other candidates. Hatred for the candidates in general. Hatred for the hatred of minorities. The list goes on and on and it only gets worse from there.

Donald Trump. When I hear this name, I cringe. I cringe because of his attitude. I cringe because of his perspective. I cringe because of his hatred of minorities. I cringe because I do not understand how people can be so cruel to other human beings. What happened to "All men are created equal..."? Did that get thrown out the window because we said so? Who has the right to do such a thing? There is no one on this planet that we call home that should have the almighty power to decide who is equal and who is not. Because if one person had that ability, nothing would be fair. And I mean nothing. The final thing I cringe about is one thing that we all cringe about. His hair. Like why would we choose a person with that hairdo to go on television to represent us? Like that's a problem in itself.

Hillary Clinton. Oh boy. This is a scary one as well. She treats people like she cares. But does she really? Does she care about every single person? Like, we all know she does not care about Donald Trump, but everyone else? That is a big promise to make, to take care of a nation. And do we really want to put our trust in her? It's simply terrifying. Especially with all of the scandals that are being exposed now. And nothing is being down about them.

These two candidates are the most hated politicians in the WORLD at this current time period. That is extreme! So I guess it is up to America, now. Which evil will you choose? Because when it comes down to it, you will have to pick the lesser of two evils. Because that is what it is coming down to. And then we will have to wait and see which evil is elected and what they ACTUALLY plan to do.

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