With money driving political campaigns on all levels, is there still room for the idealistic activist?
Money is still the mother’s milk of politics, but there are plenty of candidates that win who are outspent by their opponents. In 2004, the presidential candidate with the most money did not win the Democratic nomination. Money helps to amplify a candidate’s message, but if the public doesn’t like a candidate, trust that candidate, or think that he or she cares, then it doesn’t matter how much money a candidate has. After the ballot counting controversy in Florida in the 2000 Presidential elections, many people became cynical about the voting process that is currently in place in the U.S. How do you maintain your passion for a system that has been described as deeply flawed? I agree with those who say that our voting process is deeply flawed, but I don’t think that means we can give up hope in our country because of concerns about voting machines. I think that each election is about my two kids living in a better country when they are my age. I don’t believe we can let the problems we
