The election this year was potentially the most important election in many years. I felt very strongly about attempting to be more politically engaged this year and not simply for the reason that we had this assignment. Unfortunately my hectic schedule as of late, did not allow me to do as many things as I would have liked however I would like to think I made a small difference. Essentially what I did on Tuesday was to call everyone in my cell phone book and remind them to go vote if they had not done so already. I called around 75 people in 5 different states including: Washington, California, Arizona, Illinois, and Minnesota. I did not get through to everyone and in that case I left them a message to remember to vote. Of the people I did actually talk to, most had either voted or were going to vote later in the day. I attempted to stay impartial and not impose my beliefs on anyone I talked to however a majority of the people I am associated with have similar political ideals. It was overall a good experience and as I stated earlier I like to think I made a small difference because there were a few people I talked to that were not going to go vote because of what they had heard about the long lines at the polls. In these cases I somewhat stretched the truth and told them they were not as bad as everyone thought. Talking to them later I was correct in a couple of cases and it seemed they got through fairly quickly. I actually voted early so I did not have to deal with the lines; however not having class on Tuesday allowed me to take action and attempt to get people out to vote.
