Ready, set, go!
By Miguel Martinez Mendoza
For the average American citizen, an election is very important but for others might be something annoying by hearing a bunch of politician speeches, press conferences news, TV debates, and watch commercials overloaded with promises and benefits.
For some Minnesotans, local elections means to pay attention to who is going to take over the leadership of the state and what kind of political ideology will influence the next years. In the upcoming weeks to the big day election, some people still have doubts about to who give their vote.
Minnesotans are aware about their reality and it goes beyond than a simple politician promise. The lack of jobs opportunities, the increasing cost of health care, the awful situation in the education system, the increasing rate of layoff teachers, and others more situations demand actions. It does not matter the political view, some people prefer to make valid their right to abstain and not to vote when they feel confusion and not commitment on the candidates. In addition, people still asking questions about who is really going to accomplish the promises.
In the race for the desired place as Minnesota’s governor, and in the middle of an economic crisis, the candidates prepare themselves for a firm close of campaign. One of them is the candidate Mark Dayton who is part of the Democratic Party.
Through his proposals, Dayton seeks the sympathy and support of Minnesotans by taking action in the creation of jobs, supporting the education system from K-12 and higher education, place reasonable taxes, and improve the health care system. To warm up elections, last Sunday President Barack Obama made a scale in the twin cities to support Dayton’s campaign and unified democrats.
Furthermore, something that would mark a difference is when candidates address delicate issues like illegal immigration that involves others important issue like national security. When Dayton’s counter parts are complete oppose to a reform that help undocumented immigrants to regularize their status like the Republican candidate Tom Emmer, who supports the controversial Arizona law and wants to impose something similar in Minnesota allowing police to check people’s immigration status based in racial profiling, Dayton’s proposal can find a significant empathy addressing minorities. He has been supporting the immigration reform bill approved by the senate in which the country gives them the chance to regularize their situation and be part of the economy.
