On Tom Brokaw’s last Meet the Press before the Tuesday election the commentator said “even those who say they’re not going to vote want to know what’s going on”.  This year will almost certainly see an upswing in voter turnout, but sadly it is not the turnout that we need.  What is needed is beyond the “final poll”; it is a change in the national conscience. 

It is obvious (to me at least) in the reading of founding United States documents that there was an intent for a supportive federal government, instead of an overbearing one run by two entrenched parties.  The intent seems to have been to empower the republic– that we might elect officials to fight for individual needs.  Of course, this did not account for the vast leaps in communication and global economics that are the reality of today’s world.  A world in which a country needs benchmarks to be held across the nation in education, commerce, and more in order to stay competitive.  This does not remove the need for “smaller” forms of representation, which is why it is completely contrary to what was intended for the U.S.A. that the nation is more informed and invested in the presidential election than any of the underlying offices.  I am no innocent in this problem; the only campaign to which I have financially contributed in my life is the current presidential contest.  I do so, however, with the realization that we may see a return to the “people” mattering.

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