Voting

     I know the Presidential election has already ended but I would like to speak about my first time voting for the President. I did vote in the earlier primary elections but it did not really feel like I voted. When I was growing up I always looked at voting was when we would focus on voting for the President and then the other positions on the ballot did not mean that much. The media puts a lot of attention to the Presidential election that I did not really know anything about any of the other candidates. 

     The first time that I cast my ballot for the President of the United States of America was when I felt like I really voted for something that meant a lot. I am sure that the candidates for the State Senate, The House of Representatives and all of the county positions mean a lot but I did not feel like I made a difference when voting for those persons. I also voted on the early ballot voting which had the purpose of voting when the lines were not long. I did not get to experience the long lines that I have herd about and seen from watching the news. When I casted that ballot my mother took a photo of me voting in one of the most important elections in our nation and in the world. I say the world because from all of my travel experience and from watching the news on the day of the election and the day after the election. I have had people ask me about the United States President in countries on different continents but I would not really know anything about the President or Prime Minister from there country. 

     When I voted for the President of the United States my vote felt like it meant something because everybody around the world would know about it and I felt accomplished because I felt like I was making a difference by voting in my first Presidential election. What is your take on this?