My family supports Trump.
All of them. My parents, my siblings, my nieces and nephews, and my extended family. I don't, but each voter is allowed to formulate their vote based on their own beliefs. I respect them for it, even if I don't believe Trump is an acceptable candidate. "Trump represents the average American man,” they've argued. “And you’re brainwashed if you believe otherwise.”
Well, I like to point out, he’s in the top 1%. How can he represent the average person? How am I brainwashed if I question our candidates? I’ll point out a bunch of various reasons why Trump would be a terrible choice, and they just sputter before saying that I’m young so I don’t know any better.
“Hillary’s top 1% too,” they reason intelligently. “But she’s corrupt. Look at what her husband did in the White House. Look at the email scandal.”
And Trump isn’t corrupt? And what does Bill's adultery have to do with Hillary's ability to make decisions?
Both of the candidates have done some very obviously questionable things. Where’s Trump’s tax information for example? How about the numerous accounts of rape or sexual harassment filed against him that the media isn't reporting?
“Oh, you just don’t like him because of how he speaks.”
They’re right. I honestly don’t like him because of how he speaks. I also don’t think he can control his temper. I don’t think he speaks clearly. I don’t think he speaks intelligently, let alone professionally. I also don’t think he has any knowledge about how to run a country. He has no political experience. He’s bankrupted six of his business ventures, the only successful business being one he’d inherited, so I’m worried about the direction he’d take our country if he ran it like a business. I don’t like how he treats women, or how he talks about his own family. I don’t appreciate how he condones violence at his speeches. I don’t like how the media doesn’t pressure him for answers like they do Hillary. I don't like how the media doesn't treat Trump the same way as Hillary. I don’t appreciate how he won’t tell us SPECIFICALLY what his plans are, and I don’t appreciate why he won’t explain the reasons for his beliefs.
Aside from all that, the main reason I won’t vote for him is because I have too many values that differ from Trump's.
I support LGBTQ; part of their plan is to retract the marriage law and make all those LGBTQ couples who were previously married void. I support Black Lives Matter. Trump does not. I support equal rights between the sexes both within the workplace and in daily life. I’m all for green energy. I think we should stop outsourcing jobs overseas. I don’t believe we should build a border to keep people out when this country was founded by illegal immigrants. I think we should make the process easier to become a legal citizen. I believe in gun control: especially after what happened last June with the largest mass shooting in American history. I believe in job reform, and that we should raise the minimum wage to living wage. I don’t believe that we should be strict on Muslims because I don’t fear them, because there’s no reason to fear them, and history has already seen what happens when you target a single religion or race. Look at the Jews/Gypsies/Homosexuals in Germany during WWII, or the Japanese American internment camps after Pearl Harbor. History shouldn’t repeat itself because we should be learning from it. Instead, yet again, the educational system within America fails us. I believe that also needs to change.
I don’t want a country to be run by the fear and hate that Trump inspires.
That’s besides the point, however, because Hillary is also not without her faults. The problem I mainly have with her is that she has a poll candidacy, and changes her plans based on the values of voters. This means that she doesn't truly believe what she's advertising. Ten years ago, for example, she "was" very biased against people of color. I don't want her as a president because a person who says one thing but believes in another is dangerous. She won't be committed to the decisions she makes when she leads this country. The main reason I'm going to vote for her is because no third party candidate is going to win, and Trump is more dangerous than she is. A person who says they're going to do something like what Trump will do, blindly believes completely in what they're saying without any reason, and has the gall to actually try to do it is incredibly more dangerous than anything Hillary will try. Trump is a loose cannon. That's why I'm voting for Hillary and not third party. Regardless about this country having a third or forth party option, realistically the US is a heavy two party system. There won't be enough voters to win third party, and splitting the votes this late in the election could give Trump the upper hand. Putting my vote to anyone else gives Trump the better chance of becoming president. It's a plus that Hillary has similar values in mind despite whether she believes in them or not. Hillary has had a lot of political experience before. She knows diplomacy. I don't believe Hillary will hurt this country like Trump will if he becomes president. I don't think she'll be a good president, but I'm beyond terrified enough of what Trump is capable doing in the name of making this country great that I'll vote for her.
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