TOW #2 - Tim Kaine, American Dad, Makes His Pitch to Millennials

Author for The New Yorker, Ben Wallace, shared that last Thursday, Senator Tim Kaine traveled to New Jersey to speak to Millennials and try to convince us to vote for Hillary Clinton. During his speech, he showed Donald Trump’s book, Crippled America, and his and Hillary Clinton’s book, Stronger Together. “We’re both smiling,” he pointed out. Trump, he said, had contrived to look both condescending and sour in his, “sitting in a penthouse, looking like he’s sucking on six lemons.” As recent polls have stated, it shows Millennials voting for Green Party candidate Jill Stein or Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson. In my opinion, I feel that this election is a joke and will lead up to the worst four years in America’s history. No one wants Hillary because she is a “liar” and “untrustworthy,” but no one wants Donald Trump because… well, he’s Donald Trump. Gary Johnson and Jill Stein are great candidates but us Millennials know most of our information from social media. Donald Trump has 11.6 million followers on twitter and Hillary Clinton has 8.8 million followers. Gary Johnson and Jill Stein do not even reach 1 million followers, which leads me to think that even if millennials voted for Jill Stein or Gary Johnson, there wouldn’t be enough votes for them to win because they are not as well known as the Democratic and Republican candidate. I think the author of this article is trying to explain why Tim Kaine and Hillary Clinton need the Millennial vote. Tim Kaine knows that there are more Millennials voting than Baby Boomers, or those in Generation X.

I frankly do not know how I feel about Tim Kaine. Before Hillary Clinton chose a running mate, she was talking all about diversity. The twittersphere was suspecting that she would pick someone other than a straight white male. But, her running mate ended up being exactly that. Tim Kaine seems to have had a successful run as Virginia’s senator, but to us millennials, he just doesn't seem to be enough. I just think that we were a bit disappointed with her selection because we were hoping for more diversity, perhaps a Vice President that was a person of color. I do believe that the author reached his purpose because, although I can’t vote, it made me realize that if millennials do not vote for Hillary Clinton, then we will end up with Donald Trump as president, which makes me cringe even thinking about his presidency.

http://www.newyorker.com/news/benjamin-wallace-wells/tim-kaine-americas-dad-makes-his-pitch-to-millennials