Arts of Democracy

I have never been a political person until now. Arts of Democracy has given me new views on politics as well as the world around me. Being a teenager, I am apart of the most important age group. By the next election, I will be able to vote, along with most of the rest of the teens. This means that I should be paying attention to everything I can in order to understand completely what I will be voting for and what my views are. So far, all I know about my views on politics is that I want Barack Obama to win this election. As far as that making me a Democrat? I don't know. I don’t even know what being a Democrat entails. When I watched the presidential debates, I was not so worried about that kind of thing as I was with the kind of people McCain and Obama are. What influenced my decision in the election was that Obama was a much better public speaker whereas McCain seemed uncomfortable with every thing that was going on. When choosing someone to take over an entire country, I see no reason that the person should be in any way nervous about public speaking. That makes no sense to me at all. My parents rarely discuss politics with me. My mom and dad have never had the same political views. Because my family isn't strongly political I have been left on my own to find out my views. For this reason, Arts of Democracy is really the only experience I have had with politics. Politically, I am just starting to learn about myself and my views. I know that by the end of Arts of Democracy, my ideas will be much more in depth and I will be more confident in myself.