I find the whole US election circus fascinating. Utterly baffling, but fascinating. Terms like 'Caucuses', or 'Super PAC', or 'electoral college' would be things I'd hear but not really understand. Having now spent a few years here, I'm starting to get the hang of things, so I thought I'd write some things down.
So, now that we've covered our Civics 101, looking at Congress, the President, voting and the Electoral College, let's start looking at what's actually going to happen this year.
I find the whole US election circus fascinating. Utterly baffling, but fascinating. Terms like 'Caucuses', or 'Super PAC', or 'electoral college' would be things I'd hear but not really understand. Having now spent a few years here, I'm starting to get the hang of things, so I thought I'd write some things down.
I want to prefix this long diatribe with the disclaimers that I am not an expert on politics, I am not an economist, and I’m not even a particularly smart person. For reals.
This will be my second ever political blog posting. I’m almost ashamed of myself for doing it. I’m sorry. I’ve just never felt so compelled to write about things like this before - I’ve been on the losing side of every major election I’ve been able to vote in and I’ve brushed it off with a sigh and just, y’know… got on. Four years, we’ll go again… Notsomuch today.