This isn't your normal election. . .

The 2024 Presidential Election is the most consequential election in our lifetimes. This election is packed with issues which impacts some part of our lives like cost of living, inflation, the threat to democracy, reproductive health, and gun violence to name a few.

Register to Vote Today!

Voting is one of the most important practices in our country, and one of the most foundational practices. It is important to participate in our nation's most sacred civic duty as we can express our interests through the people we choose to represent us.

Registering to vote is the first crucial step. If you have not yet registered to vote, visit https://www.vote.org/ to learn how to register in your state and for other information about voting in your state.

Be informed

If you have registered to vote, it is important to know what is on the ballot and how it affects you. The most powerful position you will be voting on will be the office of the President of the United States, but there will be other offices and ballot measures from your state and local jurisdiction that you will be voting on. Knowing about the measures beforehand is essential to exercising your right to vote so you make the most informed decision based on your interests.

As for offices you will be voting on, it is important to know how each candidate for office stand on important issues and what policy proposals they offer to the nation.

About the Candidates

Vice President Kamala Harris

Democrat candidate

Vice President Kamala Harris is the first woman Vice President ever elected, the first black and Indian Vice President, and the current Vice President to President Joe Biden who was elected in 2020 as a pandemic ravaged the nation. President Biden initially ran for re-election, however dropped out of the race as concerns over his age became prevalent. With Biden's and other top Democrats endorsement, Vice President Harris won the Democratic nomination in August 2024.

Harris' career began in 2004 as the District Attorney of San Francisco where she fought against drug traffickers, human traffickers, and sexual abusers. In 2011, she was later elected as the Attorney General of California where she continued to fight for the people, even advocating against California Proposition 8 (2008) which led to the legalization of same-sex marriage in the state. Harris would later serve California in the U.S. Senate from 2017 all the way until 2020 when she was elected as the Vice President of the United States.

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kamala-Harris
https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice-president-harris/

Fmr. President Donald Trump

Republican candidate

Fmr. President Donald Trump was the 45th President of the United States who served from 2017-2021. Trump's time in office was mostly filled with controversies around his immigration proposals surrounding people entering the southern border and attempting to ban entry of people from "Muslim" countries. Trump has also been impeached twice during his presidency; the first time for attempting a quid-pro-quo on the President of Ukraine for harmful information on then-fmr. Vice President Joe Biden, then the second time for inciting a insurrection against the United States Capitol.

Trump's public career exploded in the 1980s and 1990s as he was a famous businessman and real estate developer. Despite his multiple bankruptcies, he was able to rebuild his real estate empire and became a television personality, most notably his show The Apprentice. After leaving the White House, Trump has repeatedly claimed that the 2020 election was stolen, and was found to have stolen classified documents. Trump would later be indicted in four criminal cases, which only one has went to trial and returned with a guilty verdict of 34 charges. Trump has repeatedly threatened to go after those who prosecuted him.

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Donald-Trump
https://www.aclu-wa.org/pages/timeline-muslim-ban
https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116973/documents/HHRG-118-ED00-20240417-SD006.pdf
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lnprjg7z0o

Harris' Policies

Restore abortion access to millions of women
Lower taxes for the lower class, raise taxes for the wealthy
Protect voting rights
Expand affordable healthcare
Expand climate-change measures, expand "green energy"
Supports immigration reform
Pass gun safety regulation

Source: https://ballotpedia.org/Kamala_Harris_presidential_campaign,_2024

Trump's Policies

Pardon January 6 rioters
Ban sex-affirming care for minors
Instate a national abortion ban
Impose strong immigration measures
Mass deportations
Stop climate-change measures, stop "green energy"
Increase access to guns

Source: https://ballotpedia.org/Donald_Trump_presidential_campaign,_2024

Third-Party Candidates

In normal times, third party candidates were important to many voters as they gave them another voice that wasn't Democrat nor Republican. As important as they are, this is a unusual election with too much at stake, so we will be blunt here and say that they are a slight problem in this election. In terms of the presidential election, third party candidates can easily siphon votes away from the two candidates and easily cause the least favorable to win. With a election this consequential, it is best to vote for the main candidates at least just this time, so that way once the political climate has cooled, your voice can be more accurately represented. Simply put, if one of these candidates win (particularly the criminal), there won't be another election.

WITH THAT SAID...we still believe that you should vote on who you believe will represent your interests and who will work for you, not themselves.

Make a voting plan!

Before you vote, take time to understand what candidates represent your interests and what ballot measures you're voting on and how they will affect you. Be prepared! Be informed!

Remember to register to vote if you haven't! Visit https://www.vote.org/ to get information on how to register to vote in your state.

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