<p>D has always been in tune with politics, but doesn’t like ANY candidate on either side this time. She wanted to vote last time, but, too young. This time…unhappy about it all.</p>
<p>THey are pretty excited & I am a little jealous. I haven’t been this encouraged by presidential candidates for decades , whereas D is getting to watch a candidate rise that not only she supports, but has spoken at her high school !</p>
<p>( no one ever came to * my* high school 
- her sister did have Bagdad Jim come to an American govt class which I imagine was pretty entertaining- but while she worked on a City Council campaign while she was a senior- she isn’t as interested in politics as her sister)</p>
<p>They are 8 years apart-and both come/came of age during an election year.</p>
<p>I agree with xiggi. I also find the all-politics, all-the-time media coverage to be nauseating.</p>
<p>see we rarely have the tv on & don’t listen to the news radio so - I know this is possibly a new idea <wink> but I don’t get the saturation because I know where the on/off switch is.</wink></p>
<p>Ok xiggi and cavalier</p>
<p>When you’re looking for a candidate, try looking in the mirror. I’ve run for office and it’s no picnic in the park. Try going door to door, hanging out waving on street corners and participating in debates. It’s enough to make you want to stay home doing the laundry. More than once I thought it would be easier to die–and it would have been for me, but not for my kid.</p>
<p>Bethievt, why would I have to look in the mirror for the … right to answer a question about the excitement for this race? </p>
<p>And, fwiw, when looking at this stable of candidates, there is more than a bit of mirror-looking. Unfortunately, most of it is a rear-view mirror or a rather cloudy one.</p>
<p>Xig</p>
<p>I guess you don’t get it–if you think it’s so easy to run you can try it yourself.</p>
<p>Bethievt, trust me, I did “get” what the comment was supposed to mean.</p>
<p>I’m not sure I do trust–have you run for office? It’s not a lot of fun.</p>
<p>My son was very excited to vote! I work as an elections inspector (in charge of a voting precinct) and got him involved in being a pollworker, too. Our county has a program to allow students as young as 16 to be pollworkers. We focus more on voting rights and the responsibility of voting in our household, rather than just about particular candidates. </p>
<p>When I am working at my precinct and someone is a first time voter, I get my pollworks all involved in clapping, cheering, and offering congratulations. :-)</p>
<p>I’m not sure I do trust–have you run for office? It’s not a lot of fun.,</p>
<p>But bethie- you were young once, 
don’t you remember how fun it was to *itch about something, but not feel like you had to do anything about it?</p>
<p>My D with developmental disabilities (AS/HFA) turned 18 last week. She’s deeply aware and proud of her new responsibility. She got up during the “Joys and Concerns” part of service (we are UU) and told the congregation that she was excited that she could vote in the next presidential election. 
She watched the entire Sunday debate on streaming video in her bedroom.</p>
<p>(Actually, the school budget in May will be her first opportunity to vote.)</p>