Have you heard the news? There’s an election coming up. Tomorrow? I didn’t realize. As a no-to-low information voter myself, I wanted to raise my cup of knowledge a tad by asking those in the know who they’re backing this season. I went out in my neighborhood and asked several people what they’re doing on Tuesday. That way, I can make a slightly more informed choice.
I asked a bartender, a butcher, and a bodega owner. I went up to a woman crossing against the light, jaywalking in full view of a barreling bus. A man sleeping on a stoop not his own. A teenager parking in an extremely tight spot. A delivery guy with plastic bags over his hands. A runner running in place for long enough to be corned with this important query. I need to know where each of them was coming from. Not their home address, since I had that information already. After receiving all this data, I didn’t know what to do with it. Okay, so now I know who the construction worker filling a pesky pothole on my block is voting for. I finally understand the political leanings of the man drinking a forty ounce for breakfast. The butcher helped steer me towards a good chicken breast, would he do the same with a candidate? Thanksgiving is coming up.
I need athletes, musicians, actors, directors, artists, writers and grocery store clerks to tell me who to vote for. Or I could just make the choice myself.
