No Matter who wins, Sandalmarks loses

This time of the year I always feel like I am caught in the middle.  Sometimes I wonder if I am the only one that feels this way . . . with the growing number of independents out there that seems hard to believe.

Once again this is a crazy, polarized election season.  My family and older friends lean toward the republican base and my co-workers and newer friends lean toward the democratic base.  And me?  Well we have already discussed my thoughts and not much has changed (Turns out that I have not really posted about my political beliefs - mainly because I don't really like talking about politics. So the Cliff Notes version is as follows:  I believe the two party system is flawed and currently only serves to deepen the divide between Americans.  I don't believe we are getting the best candidate for a position when all you have to do is say, 'vote for me, because you don't want the other guy to get elected.')

I will be so happy when tomorrow has finally arrived.

It never fails that both factions of my world get caught up in either parties propaganda and begin to demonize the other side.  It kind of cuts me emotionally every election because I care deeply for people on both sides.  So when I hear someone say something negative about people that side with one party or the other, it is one person I care about saying hurtful things toward someone else that I care about.

The few times I have voiced my concerns have rarely turned out well.  People believe so strongly in their political leaning that they almost always get the impression that I am attacking them.  I am truly at a loss as to how to fix the perceived political polarization problem (the alliteration was unintended, but I like it!) without offending someone, so I just sit back and listen to the negative and do my best to not be dragged into it.

. . . Sometimes I succeed . . . and sometimes I fail.

Tomorrow it will finally end.  However, no matter who wins tonight, I will get to spend the next four years hearing how horrible things are from the losing side.  So no matter who wins, Sandalmarks loses.

Until next we meet.