I think that this election could go two ways for our country. I think that this election could be a good thing and it could help bring our country together. I think that some people might see how divided our country is and people might come together to try and make America the great country it is once again. I also can see this election being bad for our country. I can see people with such different view points dividing the country worse. People now days are so stubborn and they want everything to go their way, so I think this could lead to the divide of our nation and maybe even worse things.
I learned throughout this that politics isn't what it used to be. People aren't interested in issues facing our country, they are worried about making the other person look bad. We need to change this and focus on making our country better, not tear each other apart. I also learned there are many issues. The republicans and democrats hate each other and that could lead to a big time divide. Hillary wants to take away some gun rights while Trump strongly supports the Second Amendment. Hillary wants to take in more immigrants while Donald wants them out of the country. I learned that elections are very drawn out and they are run differently than I thought. The election is based off of states electoral votes, and not popular vote, so it really doesn't give people the say they should have.
Over the course of the election, my opinion on the candidates has changed. At first I thought that Hillary had some good points and that she was a good candidate while Donald Trump was a bad man and not fit for the country. As the election went on and as I did more research my opinion changed. I learned that Hillary is a bad woman and she has done lots of wrong in her life, and I also learned the media blew a lot of things about Donald Trump out of proportion. I think that as long as Donald keeps his head and thinks first, he has some good ideas and he should be able to help this country. Over the election I learned just really how corrupt politics is. Everyone tries to cut every corner and lie and cheat. All anyone wants to do is nag on each other and not even truly worry about politics. The media also is a big influence and I do not think they should have as much power as they do. They really make a lot of things worse and they blow everything out of proportion. Our democratic process is weak and I think that we need to go back to the good old days where American values mean more than they do today. Although I think the democratic process needs to be fixed, I learned a lot about everything that goes into a big election like this one and I learned a lot about the long process.
1. The stock market will increase (especially with big businesses)
2. The 2nd Amendment will be strongly supported
3.Our military will be pulled out of most overseas countries
4. Drinking age will be lowered to 18
5. Obama Care will be taken away
6. Very few immigrants will be allowed to come
7. We will have rough relations with China but things will work out
8. We will have strong relations with Russia
9. Foreign Trade will go up
10. National debt will be decreased
