Letters & Opinion
What’s the point?: Merry election season to you all!
The Pointer
kleb524@uwsp.edu
Yesterday, Oct. 15, was the last day all Wisconsinites were allowed to pre-register to vote for the upcoming presidential election. I, like I am sure most of you did, registered for what is expected to be the most important election of our generation. Though our generation has only had a few elections to vote for, this is nonetheless the most crucial time for our voices to be heard.
Our very own seventh Congressional District Rep. Dave Obey stated that this is the most important election since the 1930s while he was on the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus on Oct. 14. You can decide for yourself if this is true.
I am just excited to be able to tell my children one day what it was like to be a part of such a historical election.
Now I will not advocate one way or the other of who to vote for. This, I believe, is each individual’s choice—a choice everyone should make. Regardless of what happens, the White House will be home to either the first African-American president or first female vice president.
Being a political science and communication student makes every election season my very own Christmas. Give me some debates and political advertisements to unwrap and I am all jingle bells. This election cycle has not failed in creating that Christmas morning twinkle in my eyes. There have been a lot of highlights, everything I could have hoped for and more. But, with every Christmas season, there is the Grinch. In this election cycle I think we can all agree that we have been witness to many Grinches.
For those of you not as filled with the political spirit, I understand. Someone has to be jollier than the rest.
The point in all of this, fellow students, is you have taken the first step by registering to vote. Make sure you use your new-found power by voting for the next president of the United States of America.
Merry election season to you all and to all a good vote!
