Today I helped a friend of mine who had an assigment for her journalism class.the mission was to walk around SOMA (that s the neighborhood that has been assigned to her for the semester) and ask people their general input about the upcoming primary elections.
I must admit that people beat a lot of the stereotypes I was expecting/hoping for.
I am not a us resident, I can't vote, I have my opinions, obviously, having lived here 4 years.
I was sure that most of the people we would interview would be torn between Obama and Clinton... Well no. A few people we saw made me feel really unwelcome in this country, aliens stealing jobs etc.. The goal being not to argue (that dude would not have understood my accent anyway). A girl my age saying that her favorite candidate was Huckabee, who for me represents the best the dysfunctional side of this country, well of course it's democracy and I really thought the open-mindness of ALL the people we've seen was awesome (who you will vote for is mostly taboo in France) although confirming my fears for the November elections.
Participating to this assignment was great, and very instructive.
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