Who Really Changes America?

        What do people want the most out of a candidate? The ability to bring about change. The episode “The Waldo Moment” that we watched in class was about a blue bear cartoon that shockingly became a popular candidate in an election. People are obsessed with bringing about change, so when they were introduced to Waldo, many quickly turned to him. The people were blind to the fact that he was incapable of being an actual human and that his intentions were only to create fame and money. I believe the people were so quick to follow him because Waldo went outside the status quo, he was different, and the people flocked to that. As for the previous presidential election, maybe that's how Trump collected all his votes. He started off as a candidate that made cruel, inappropriate jokes about other candidates, with no real intention of winning. However as the election went on, he became the most popular candidate. Just as Waldo, Trump promises change and as Americans that is what we want most. The Americans that voted for Trump believe that he is the candidate that will bring the most change. He's going to build a wall, “Make America Great Again”... People are so unsatisfied with the country that they believe drastic change is the way to go. Even though they don't support everything he says, they supported him for the fact that he would “change” things. One the other hand, supporters for Clinton believed that America was already on its way to being great. They don't think drastic changes need to be made in the opposite direction, but changes going forward. America was on its way to accepting different groups of people and now they feel that with Trump being President, we are taking enormous steps in the wrong direction.

        I'll have to admit, I’ve never really followed or actually cared about past political elections. After this election however, I see myself developing opinions and having different political discussions with others. As many others have stated, there was no candidate that people truly supported, it was just who was the least bad out of the two. What I don't understand is why we as Americans are forced to decide on a candidate when we don't want either. We shouldn't just have to settle for a candidate and then hope and pray we survive the next four years. We should be fully confident in our President and not have to worry about what is going to happen to our country. It's highly unfortunate that we as Americans don't really decide who represents our country. We're given a few options and told pick one. So as Americans, we have to stick together during this time of distress and realize that we hold the power. We make changes, not some old, obnoxious, racist with an awful haircut. We decide how we treat others, who we stand up for, and what we believe in. Let us look unto each other for support and follow what we think is right. This new President may make things harder, it may bump us back a bit. It is how we respond to his decisions that will bring about change. We as Americans will “Make America Great Again”.