Senator Clinton and a run for the White House

Let it be known that I am a pretty avid supporter of Senator Clinton and that I actually work for her campaign. Let it also be known that I am no way, shape, or form saying that she will run for President of the United States of America nor do I know if she will announce candidacy for it. With that precursor in mind, I will express my own opinion on her current situtation in New York.

I work at the Broome County Democratic Headquarters, stationed in Binghamton, NY. There, I have taken up the title of Chenango County Coordinator, for I am responsible for most of the political happenings with Senator Clinton's campaign in that county. My duties also are spread to include Broome County activities with the other interns. Yes, you heard me...I am indeed an intern, like everyone else in the world it seems.

Every county in the southern tier of New York is majoritarily Republican. Some counties such as Stueben County, I believe, have double the amount of Republicans over Democrats, and that is not counting the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party. Yes, those are actually parties too. The Southern Tier consists of approximately seven counties. The reason I bring these sorts of figures up is because Senator Clinton, nor any other democratic senator that I know of has won these counties.

New York, as a whole seems like it is relatively similar to the United States. I will provide the breakdown with my findings to support my claim. NY has its counties like the U.S. has its states. We have NYC, which is itself, then all of our other cities like Buffalo, Syracuse, Binghamton, Albany, Ithaca, Utica, etc. Those cities correspond to the nation's top cities which I don't feel like listing out. These cities in both the US & NY are predominantly democratic. The similarities are showing. Everywhere else are suburbs and rural areas, which are predominantly republican, just like in the general consensus of the United States. As one can see, I find much similarity between the two.

Now, if Senator Clinton wins these Republican dominated counties, whether its some, none, or all, I think it has a lot to say if she does decide to make a run for top cop. If these counties correlate to the red states, then they will be a large indicator of how one would do in the bid for President. Many republicans are angry and want change, and even more democrats want change. We have wanted a different president since Bush came in to office. I think our democratic headquarters in Broome County has the opportunity to change the tide of an election, and perhaps future. Just like the butterfly effect; the flap of a butterfly's wings can cause a tornado across the world. Could it be possible that it is in our hands? There is so much speculation on Hillary and running for President. If she won some of these counties, would it mean she could win some red states of equivalent proportion? I am not saying that it would be easy to win these counties, because it is definitely an uphill battle for all of us working from the Headquarters in Broome County to take the Southern Tier of NY. If we do take some of them, which would be absolutely amazing...it doesn't mean it would be easy to take the red states, but possible with a good amount of work and political strategy. I just find it amazing that so much CAN be centered around ONE state in the upcoming months/year. New York.

Education Plan Continued...A new course initiative.

In order to make people more aware with our political system and politics in general, how about mandating separate course studies throughout middle and high school. By separate course studies I mean a politics class. Plain and simple, every year for a full year in middle school and high school, have children take a politics class.

Fundamentally it will do a few things. One thing it will do is increase political awareness. Secondly, it will boost voter registration and voter turnout, especially among the youth. Thirdly, candidates will hold more respect for younger voters and be more issue-based. If schools can teach a politics course it will also create many more thousands of jobs and would do this nation a great justice.

This concurrent plan may have an adverse effect on political science programs in universities, so I would have to explore this further. But I am sure that to a certain extent, this program could be successfully coordinated and implemented with no adverse affect to colleges and universities.

I will end this post with a statement.

The common people have a right to know, not just the elite.