If there is anything politicians are eager to do, it’s selling themselves as the last, great hope for all mankind. While campaigning has always involved presenting one’s policies and demeanor as the best choice for the electorate, recent iterations have grown to include a doomsday-type spin. Unfortunately, this trend isn’t specific to just one party.

Each election, whether it be midterm or presidential, matters. Citizens of this great nation are fortunate enough to reside in a country where we’re free to vote (or not vote) for whichever candidate we prefer. We are not barred from taking part in the process due to gender or race. This is indeed a privilege not enjoyed by everyone around the world. Furthermore, when political power does change hands, it is done so in a peaceful manner. Though the United States is deeply divided on issues great and small, there is no broad, societal chaos when one politician leaves the Oval Office and another enters. Not every nation can say the same.