On Vox: Disgoosted
It's election season again, although I don't really think it should be yet. Hell, it's not even a year out and it already takes over the news.
What really disturbs me is this trend of putting your primary earlier. While I have no problem with states doing their primary when they want, it is the reasons behind the date bumps that really make me wonder what happened to the electoral process (or if it was ever good, really). The latest thing I hear on the radio is that Michigan wants to have their primary two weeks before the usual first run, Iowa. Why? So that politicians will pay more attention to them.
At this point I'm not sure who to be most upset with, the politicians who aren't in it to actually improve the country but just to get the votes, or the states who are essentially saying "me me me, I'm more important". It's a sticky, intertwined situation. I think I lean more towards the politicians.
Aside from this, it was pretty cool to hear that the Democrats did a debate on Univision. But being politics, the dumb side was that even the candidates fluent in Spanish had to answer in English and have things translated.
Originally posted on jazzyfox.vox.com