TOW #17: Stay Sane America, Please!

     The election of 2016 is definitely one that will be remembered in the history books. Not only are the campaigns much more prevalent in many American lives, but the candidates and their stresses toward one another can be perceived as being rather entertaining. People who do not usually pay attentions to elections are waking up out of the shadows and starting to create political opinions while promising that they are going to participate in the voting process. An article titled "Stay Sane America, Please!" describes how this specific election is progressing and takes a humorous tone on how to handle this unusual situation in order to convince Americans to calm down.
     I rather enjoyed this article as it takes a lighter approach to the election. For non-political scientists and generally people are not too invested into the election, this article would be extremely helpful. It describes what is happening and who "is in the lead," but the author includes humorous phrases that change this serious and complicated situation into a simple and entertaining show that all American citizens have the pleasure (or displeasure) to watch. Just by the title, a reader can set their mind into the mood of the article. The author is basically calling out all the Americans who are obsessing over this election and making it a bigger deal than it has to be. Yes, this is the election that decides who will preside over all of us for the next 4 years, but the worrying does not have to start until the end of the summer.
     Not until the very end of the article does the author provide a logical approach to look at the situation. He asserts that "the electorate is going to realize that in an age of dysfunctional government, effective leadership capacity is the threshold issue. That means being able to listen to others, surround yourself with people smarter than you, gather a governing majority and above all have an actual implementation strategy." He then concludes by saying that Trump, Cruz, and Sanders (the candidates the article focused on) do not possess any of these capabilities. That being said, it helps out the reader by returning their sanity as they have just read all of these arguments about the candidates and may feel overwhelmed by how complex the election really is.
     Overall, I believe that the purpose of the article was really just to prove that the amount that the media is controlling this entire situation is astronomical. All people really talk about is their disapproval for these candidates and the author just wanted to tell people that it is not necessary to spend all your time on this absurdness. The election is an important time, but the voters involved in this decision cannot have a jumbled mess in their brain when they need to rely on it the most.