Nate and Joanna Michael

Sometimes there isn’t much to write about, or at least nothing is coming to mind as I sit here at the computer, so I will simply weigh in on something that few of you probably care about and out of which nothing will actually change.

Did you know that in 1992 Ross Perot ran as an Independent candidate for the Presidency and received 18.9% of the vote? I mean, seriously. You could, without stretching it too far, say that 1 in 5 Americans who turned out voted for him. But do you know how many electoral votes he received? Zero, nada, zilch. So in the same breath, you can say that 1 in 5 Americans’ voices were summarily dismissed and removed from the actual deciding of who is the President. Do you get that? All those millions of people who showed up at the polls could have stayed home and flushed their vote down the toilet. Can’t we at least break up the electoral votes for each state. That way all of the votes of Illinois aren’t given to the Democrats each election despite the fact that every part of the state is red besides Chicago.

I will openly admit that in the last election I voted for my Dad (2012, Doug Michael anyone?) because I knew Tennessee would go to McCain and I didn’t really believe in either candidate. And, wouldn’t you know, it did go Republican. I also voted for my Dad because I knew I could trust him and he would probably have given me a sweet cabinet position. So what if it is nepotism? I am sure those positions have been given away to other people for support before.

All I am saying is, shouldn’t there be some election reform when millions of voices are discarded and the election is called before the votes are even counted? Thanks for listening.