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It seems like we are moving more into a technological era, so it would seem that in the coming years we wouldn't depend much on our friends or family to share our political discussions with, we would turn to the media and see what is "trending" for how we create our political decisions.

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Do you think that immigrants who are not us citizen should be allowed to vote? why or why not?

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Unconventional political involvement I feel is usually caused by extreme emotion or opinion towards a specific issue so if there was a lack of that, I think there would be less voter turnout because it would mean people just aren't interested

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To answer Amour's question, I think that non-citizen immigrants should not be allowed to vote. If they are not officially American, why should they vote in an American election for the next American president? Once they are official, of course they should be allowed to vote. They're Americans! But until then, I say no.

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I feel like with this election there are more attention on third parties, but third parties just don't have the financial support and a person that everyone wants to be president.

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Pre-election polls might not be accurate because if only Hillary-supporters or only Trump-supporters answered, they would be inaccurate results.

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Off of what Gabby said about how when people see that the pre-election poll and if the poll shows a candidate having a huge lead so that they just think "oh my vote wont matter anymore". if enough people think this, than that could change the entire election. You may not feel like your vote will matter that much because you are just one person, but in the grand picture, there are a ton of people who are in your exact same shoes so the amount of people who wont vote because of this could be huge.

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i agree with Isaiah saying that we should get rid of the constant updates on the election

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I would love to have pre-election polls to disappear but I don't think the media would let that go because it adds so much fuel to everyone's fire

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I agree with Isaiah's statement about voters and wanting their opinion to matter. I think instead of doing an exit poll or something there should be a daily internet poll on major news websites and people can vote for their candidate there to see how they might compare in the election.

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I agree that we should keep the exit poll because it informs the public about who is in the lead or what not. It also informs the people who are running how well they are doing, but also allows the people who don't vote a chance to see who is going to win the public's view.

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To answer Rachael's question, i do think that they should get rid of pre-election polls because they can change the way people vote. Without the pre-election polls people's decision is based more off of what they think and what they truly believe and who they think will be a better president. But with the poll people's opinions can easily be swayed by other people's thoughts and opinions and veer from what they really think. The bandwagon effect.

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I believe that polls should not be used because they can discourage voters for voting who they want to vote for. Furthermore, it can influence the chances of a certain politician winning an election because if everyone finds out that who they want to vote for is losing horribly they just might not decide to vote.

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i agree that we need the pre polls just so that people and politicians can try harder to get elected.

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Off of what Andy Ni said, I feel like people lost a lot of respect for Bush because he ended up raising taxes. I also don't think it's a good political decision to promise something to the American people because they won't forget what you said

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I feel like every politician says what the people want to hear, but when they do become president they fail to keep their word on some of their policies. In particular, George Bush said " read my lips, no more tax raises" but when he became president he did raise taxes.

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I agree with Rachel in that people do tend to band wagon. If we did people would stick true with what they believe instead of what those around them would vote for.

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I believe that a third party is possible within our generation, but I think that it might be easier to break the norms of the current political parties than to start up a new political party from nothing. And if there was a new party started then I believe it will be a hybrid of the current parties.

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It takes a little bit of the lying out of politics

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I think that voter polls could work if we took data from multiple cities and states and not just from Seattle or Washington alone. It wouldn't necessarily be as accurate as the actual vote because someone could lie or something, but if we took from all walks of life, we would get a more sincere result.

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I think that before the election we should create a policy saying that states boarders should be sacred to the state and not just over turned by the federal government. . . *cough, cough, Trump, cough, Wall . . .* this would help keep political mandates equal and if a certain candidate wins he cant teraform the  the Country to his liking.

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Communism/ Tyranny has some known benefits such as a populus that is all the same and dont have diffrences to seperate them (as much) however i believe that any government leader given that much power will become corrupt and Evil.

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I agree with Amour and Derrick when they say that communist idea is good, but it could bring out the worst in people

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Could you argue that Republicans are more pessimistic and Democrats are more optimistic? With issues like welfare and giving more/less money to the poor/old?

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On Emma Zucati's comment, I think that, in a way, Republicans are more pessimistic because Republicans are more conservative and don't like change. If the government makes a plan for different policies, the country changes. Democrats are more optimistic because they are working to make changes that will benefit everyone. Republicans are against Clinton's plans for more refugees allowed in the United States because it means less opportunities for them and more taxes. Welfare is a good idea, but a lot of people abuse that privilege. If we could still have welfare without higher taxes, it would satisfy both parties and be beneficial.

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Communism is good in theory but I dont believe that it will ever be successful because it doesnt encourage people to work hard since all their efforts are just going to people who dont try or care.

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I agree with Garrett about how communism is a good IDEA if executed correctly. I would love if all citizens had actually equal rights and opportunities. If America could have a way to make things fair, I feel like people would have more pride in their country.

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Agreeing with the group#2 and Megan I think that even though both political candidates have MAJOR flaws, there is no way that a third party candidate could make a increase in the popular vote or the electoral college vote in this shortened time of less than a month.

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I feel like younger people feel like social issues are more important than economic or foreign policy issues. Will the current young generations stay that way or will they shift as they grow?

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The entire group is completely correct. Ever since the opening of the Ellis Island Port the Minority's in this country have been changing dramatically. We should be excited about change not be scared by it.

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If the US becomes all democrat, will the country divide again into two parties? How long would this take?

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I think Holly made a good point

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I believe that Garrett is completely correct the way that Donald Trump has alienated himself off of the actions he has done. All minority's are against him because of him, African Americans, Hispanics,Women, etc . . .

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I believe Trump and Hillary have all the media attention so it would be hard for someone else to have a chance at this point

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Despite what both trump and clinton have said/done I think one of the two will win, not a third party.

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I think that with media the way it is now, a lot of people do not want to vote in the upcoming election because all we hear are how Trump is bad and how Clinton is bad. We never hear about the good acts that they do or their plans for the future (besides Trump's plan to build a wall). If media would make positive articles about both candidates, I think more people would vote and that we could have over 70% of eligible people vote.

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Not a lot of people like Trump but between their votes for Hillary and Trump, Hillary won but Trump didn't, he was close, but if he didn't do this alone, he would have won, this doesn't help him, he's lucky he's this far by doing this by himself.

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I think that after this election the Republican party will go back to being normal Emma Z

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Do you think an independent party has a chance in this election?

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Considering all the things Trump and Hillary have said and done I dont believe either should be running for president

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I agree with Garrett about there always being controversies with both parties.

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How can Garrett tell with the media being so bias

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Is the Republican divide going to dissipate after the election or are Republicans going to be split in a more permanent fashion?

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In all honestly I believe both have ruined themselves, and its NOT just Trump that's the bad guy. Again, biased media. They both aren't fit to run this country.

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I agree with Garrett because Trump has made some unpolitical statements during his speeches and debates. I think he could have more votes if he could speak to America and minorities as people and not stereotypes.

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Has a petition ever worked?

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I definitely agree with Michael when he said that non-conventional participation methods are effective if they are done right. If they are done right, they will turn people's heads on the issue or whatever it is and can make a positive impact, while if they are done wrong the movement is just frowned upon and can have the opposite effect of one done right.

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Unconventional grabs more attention like with BLM but if done wrong it becomes criticized and treated like a joke where as conventional may not be as effective but it doesnt often have major drawbacks

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In response to Ryan, I think that this particular election would be a lot more desirable especially because so many people don't want to vote because they don't like either candidate so if they knew they had a better option or someone else that shared their views better etc. they may actually vote.

I feel that if the third party was publicized more and allowed to make campaigns people would be a lot more aware because some uneducated voters don't even know that there is a write-in candidate

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Between Hillary and Trump, both can't do whatever they want, but they have to follow the rules, they need to have Christian values,lots of the people are not voting for Trump and might go for Hillary

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petitions work it's just the matter of the petition being passed

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Media has a tendency to blow minor issues out of proportion and ignore a lot of the major issues

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If we didn't have any media at all, what would happen to the world, how would that change and why?

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Would the elections be more desirable if those that run for the Independent Party or "write-in" vote were better represented during the elections?

I believe that it is hard to find out about those that run for the Independent vote because of the fact that they are hardly represented unless they align with a party.

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thats a really good point that emma made

in response to Derrick I think that Non conventional methods done peacefully are the most effective way of getting things done

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In reply to Alonso, i think the media is sort of a double edged sword. It's good in certain situations but it can be used for the wrong reasons like propaganda.

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I agree with what Emma said about independence. Most independents will lean to one side or another because they typically need to grab onto something or agree with someone more that the other. Its hard for people to just stand alone and not agree at all with anything from the candidates.

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I think that the what party the minorities are going to vote for depends on what minority. For instance because of his supposed plans on Syrian immigrants and whatnot perhaps Muslim voters would steer away from him?

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Is there a point where media might influence us too much? Or rather is there a point where media has a bad influence on subjects?

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I agree with micheal about how they focus on the bad things about say Trump and Hillary.

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I think as a humans, we tend to look at the bad of people instead of the good. I think it's part of our nature to look for the flaws when we are deciding a leader.

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Just to add onto what Hunter said about the fact that Trump just burns people all the time: its like the speeches at the charity event the other night, Trump was just taking a ton of jabs at Hillary.

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In reply to Holly's question about representation based on region. I don't think people are represented fairly if they have different political ideas than the state. For example a Republican citizen in California doesn't have fair representation when California is a Democratic states and the majority of the citizens would vote for Democratic Representatives and Senators.

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I feel like this election has just become  a joke with two children just arguing with each other and Americans are not focusing on the big issues and instead only care about things said over 15 years ago.

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I agree with Michael, friends probably arent the best political influence because they typically dont know as much about politics, similar to ourselves. they are in the same boat as us and our parents and other adults know a lot more about politics.

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In reply to Garrett, I think this year's elections are the way they are just because of the two candidates always bringing out the bad in each other instead of what they are actually going to do.

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Do you think people
are represented well if they are split geographically in political parties?

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Who do we ask then if most sources are leaned to one side and people have their own sides?

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I agree with Emma, we talk a lot more about the bad sides of the candidates other than the good side which.

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Isaiah is right media does a lot of influencing especially now that campaigns or so publicized

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I agree with Emma, we don't really take the time to see the good because we focus on the bad and only focus on that.

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I don't think friends can have as much of an influence in terms of politics though just because friends are more likely to get into to fights about politics.

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I agree with Emma that the media only focuses on the bad things that each candidate commits not what good they did.

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I personally believe that social media has a huge impact on my political beliefs

Hunters referring to the those iFunny users. In peoples opinion do those things affect the Polls themselves?

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I agree with Emma. I believe that people love to build walls around their political beliefs and defend it too often without considering the opposing party.

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I feel like Michael speaks for one specific type of friends group and not all friends find their views on the internet as said here

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I agree with Campbell that when talking about politics you can get into arguments quickly if one or more people become too hotheaded or stubborn.

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I think your friends can have an effect on your point of view too.

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I feel like people really don't do their research on political people, when they should. I agree. People do base their opinions upon humor and the rumors spread on that specific person.

I agree that media is very biased on important subjects, and the people who create the biased statements do it mainly for the reaction.

I agree with Derrick on the fact that you can start a non-violent protest, but other people can come into the protest and turn it into something that totally wasn't expected.

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petitioning only goes so far because most people

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Hunter and Michael are focusing on those people on the internet and iFunny about the memes.

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@Derrick I doubt the majority of people look into issues after hearing about them

It's probably out of fear for claiming ignorance

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I think the people you surround yourself with have a big impact on how you feel towards politics because you may agree with them and see things the same .

In reality we always see the negatives  that goes on during voting and the things that the candidates are doing wrong, but you often don't see what they are doing good in the news or on social media.

I feel like there is good and bad when it comes to media. Like Emma is saying if it weren't for like interviews and such we wouldn't really know the candidates character and if it weren't for media people would come off more of someone that they aren't and have an easier way to convince the public to like them. But really in all things there is a good and bad.

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I agree with Campbell, we don't really talk about it but my parents' reactions to things definitely influence me.

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I definitely think it is my family. even though they don't show a lot politically, i see a lot of their view just based on how they raised me.