Obama the Antichrist, Romney the Animal Hater

This past week, I wrote a guest post at Post Grad Learning . It is something I'm pretty passionate about so I'm sharing it here.

Unless you’re 5 years old or just plain dumb, you’ve realized by now that election season is upon us. And unless you have taken the time to research, you have no clue about half of what you’re voting for. Let’s face it, PoliSci 101 taught us about the branches of the government, not about how to decide which candidate to vote for.
If you were to take a guess about me, you might assume I’m conservative (obviously!); I grew up in Texas, with conservative, Christian parents who tend to vote Republican.  Or you could go the exact opposite way and guess that because I live in Chicago and I’m young, I’m obviously going to vote Democrat this year. And either way you guess, you’d be wrong.
Here’s how I’m voting this year: I’m voting for candidate whose values most closely align with mine; the candidate who is capable of handling the issues that I think are most important; the candidate who I think is capable of filling the position the best.How did I come to that decision? Simple: I did my research.  Do you know what the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act actually is? Or have you just listened to ads on TV? Here’s a summary. Do you know what RomneyCare includes? You can find information here. Want to talk class warfare or jobs? Check out the graphs here. The most important thing to do is know the facts before you vote.
Nothing will make me defriend/unfollow/stop answering your phone calls quicker than a gross exaggeration about one of the candidates. OBVIOUSLY Obama is the Antichrist, didn’t you know? And Romney? Don’t even get me started on what an IDIOT he is. He just loves animal cruelty, right? Let’s get real and start figuring out who we want to represent our nation by focusing on the REAL issues.
According to International IDEA, the United States has almost the lowest voter turnout in the world, ranked at 140 out of 163.The men and women of the Armed Forces make sacrifices everyday so that we have the right to vote. It’s not just our right though, it’s our duty as citizens to exercise that right. So get out and rock the vote, but not until you’ve done your research!