Introduction

Presidential elections in the United States are among the most important decisions in the world. The leader of this country is one of the most influential people in the world. The incredible thing is that the people of this country have the ultimate decision on who wins the election. Whether the nominees hold conservative or progressive ideals, represent conservative or progressive ideals, the citizens have the ultimate choice of whether or not to elect a candidate. How do we decide? Typically that’s based on how well we know our candidates. That depends on how well they publicize themselves, which also depends on how well funded they are. That means that it is almost impossible for a modest, blue-collar worker to earn a fair shot at getting elected president. Seeing as how the majority of America is blue-collar, 90 million strong, these are the people who should be running for our election. Nicholas Carnes does a fantastic job of describing this discrepancy in our political system in his article, “Which Millionaire are You Voting For?” His use of rhetoric is convincing and emotionally moving to much of the American population.