Okay, so I'm definitely not in the running for America's Most Prepared Adult (far from it), but I do try to go into the voting booth with as much information as possible. If you're just getting started, has a quiz you can take to help you firm up your ideas and belief system and help you find a political party that closest aligns with your views. I care a ton about student debt relief, abortion, police reform, AFFORDABLE HOUSING OH MY GOD, and health care. In that same vein, I care about marijuana legalization and the path toward expunging those who have been convicted for marijuana-related crimes as we move down the path towards legalization. I'm too much of a feminist not to vote for a candidate who supports women's rights, and, being from Michigan, it's important to me that the Flint water crisis will never happen again and we're going to hold accountable those who allowed it to happen in the first place, as well as examine the systems that allowed Flint's water to be poisoned. I'm a messy gal who loves drama, but the closest I ever want to come to my own political scandal is Scandal.)Īs a black woman, I'm looking for the candidates who align with my views, and the views that will support those in my community. Elections can get nasty, personal, and competitive, and that can be unattractive to people without a special interest in politics, or really to anyone who doesn't want to get into the drama of the moment. Some options are great for other people, but not for you, but you understand why people might like that choice–good for you, not for me.īut unlike a buffet, you have access to plenty of resources to help make this Election Day Buffet a little more palatable.

You're not sure which option will satisfy you and your basic needs, but you don't want to pick the option that will lead to a fiery hellscape in your digestive tract for, I don't know, two to six years. There are a ton of choices, and some choices are clearly worse than others. Not just any kind of buffet, but the buffet your granddad drags you to after Sunday church because it's the only place that you and the 30-plus members of your family can all eat something.

Who are we voting for in 2018