Election 2008

The election is very interesting to me because both candidates for the Democratic Party are new faces in the history books. This is why there is so much unnecessary controversy that has flooded the media about Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton. With these two candidates, people are confused about who they should vote for because of many different issues. Obama seems to pull in a lot of votes because he attracts the younger people with his meaningful speeches and he also attracts minorities because he is a black male. With Clinton, she seems to pull in a lot of older voters because of her experience and that the former president Bill Clinton is her husband. She also seems to pull in a lot of women voters because she promises to take care of issues that mostly concern women. In my opinion, no candidate is really that much better than the other. I must say this is the hardest election for me because I am a mixed female who is caught in between who I should vote for. In a way, I feel I owed my vote to Obama because he represents the struggle that blacks have dealt with for hundreds of years with slavery and the fact that they are very underrepresented when it comes to political issues and their say so on things. I also feel I owe a vote to Clinton because women have always been given the lower hand when they tried to take on a position that is usually geared for men. No matter what though, I am glad to see the change that has been brought about in 2008 and may the best candidate win!