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My Thoughts On The Presidential Election

What it's like to participate in my first election.

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My Thoughts On The Presidential Election

As I turned 18 two months ago, I was eligible to vote for the 2016 Presidential Election. Sadly, for my first election it had to have terrible candidates. I'm a Democrat and have been raised like that forever now.

Though Clinton has her flaws -- like everyone in this world -- she would've made a BETTER president simply because Donald Trump can't respect anyone but himself. He doesn't respect women, Mexicans, or any other race. He's against immigrants yet his wife, Melanie Trump, was an immigrant not long ago. A great president should know to respect others. He doesn't even respect Barack Obama. Yes, he isn't perfect, but he's been one hell of a president. People think he hasn't done anything because they don't agree with actions, which doesn't mean he hasn't done anything. So before saying anything, do your research! Not every immigrant is a criminal. Many immigrants come to America to fulfill their American Dream, and Donald Trump can't even support what the country stands for. For Mexico, Mexicans come because many small towns are not safe as there's a lot of narcotic business. There's not a lot of job or education opportunities. I'm not defending the criminals, but there's a story behind the non-criminal immigrants, so he shouldn't automatically assume anything about him.

Just because Hillary Clinton is a woman didn't mean she was incapable of being the first woman president. People need to stop with the sexism. We are in the 21st century, so we're way past that era where women were constantly discriminated. Also, the whole email thing...like seriously know your facts before not voting against her. She had a great chance of winning, but people always believe the media. FYI: the internet is not always telling the truth.

If you didn't vote and you could, how dare you. Others want to be able to vote but can't because of their immigration status.

Donald Trump will be another Hitler.

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