My Thoughts: Election 2016

I don't go on Facebook much anymore. There was a period of time after university where I constantly checked Facebook, even though I was only on the site 30 seconds ago; it became depressing. After this election, however, I wondered what the people I considered my friends were thinking about the results. And I was surprised by who supported whom.

I'm going to be honest: if I could have voted in this election, I would have voted Democratic. There are some things that I could not ever imagine a presidential candidate saying or doing, and yet the Republican candidate has said them. However, I understand one or two of the reasons why voting red would be beneficial. From what I have been told by others (and have considered for myself), the Republican candidate isn't a politician and therefore somewhat blind to certain things associated with the field (whether this is good or bad, you can decide). This person also wouldn't likely be corrupted by outside forces (ie. big oil companies and other politicians) because of their financial state and way of thinking, although stubborn. But that's about it. Everything else that has been said orally or social medially by this candidate was and still is outrageous to me, things I don't think a future president would say.
That being said, both candidates were two bad choices and it could have gone either way. Me being a woman, of colour, in a minority like many in the North Americas, an ally to the LGBTQ community though, I would have voted Democratic.

But now that the Republican candidate has become president, there's not much else for me to say. I just hope that much of what this person has said in his campaign rallies and so on don't come to fruition in the four upcoming years. I hope he realizes how important this job he will be undertaking is because it's unfathomable, I hope he becomes humble in the face of huge decisions, and I hope he will listen to the advice of those he surrounds himself.

I hope.