I got my election ballot in the mail today. I'm registered in Washington State even though I lived most of my life in Massachusetts. I've watched enough TV to see what the major positions and their candidates are (there's more governor commercials than president commercials over here). I'm voting for Barack Obama because we've had enough old white guy presidents over the years. Obama is also a much better public speaker than McCain, and has a lot more charisma and charm to him. Oh and least importantly, I support his policies more than McCain's. Every other office that I don't know about but have to vote for, I'm just voting for the Democrat running. There's just too many minor positions out there to go and research who's running and I honestly haven't lived here long enough to care who is in charge of the department of transportation in King County.

Anyway enough about who I'm voting for. It really doesn't matter too much cause this is a blue state. It might make you wonder what the point is in voting though. Here's the point: The youth demographic is generally pretty bad about voter turnout. Old people vote more because they have nothing better to do. The result of this? Candidates typically campaign towards older people because there's more to win there. Look at McCain. He's an old fart, and who does he appeal to? Old war veterans. Most older people I know have fought in some war or another; it was the happening thing to do back in the day.

Of course, those people are now old and senile, and as young people we shouldn't really want to leave decisions up to our grandparents who think that rock and roll is the devil and that technology is voodoo mumbo jumbo which will pass over in a few years like it's some sort of fad. Why bother to learn how to e-mail when the postal service still exists? The internet is just a fad, and therefore we should just turn a blind eye to everything that goes on there.

When candidates begin to realize that younger people have a voice too, we will start seeing more campaigning though mediums that appeal to us. I see a lot of ads for Obama all over the place. He has a Facebook app and an iPhone app. McCain admitted that he doesn't even know how to use a computer, he lets his wife do that for him.

It doesn't matter who you cast your vote for though, as long as you cast a vote. As long as they see that younger people care, future campaigns will cater more towards younger people. We are the future, so why let the seniors run the country?