[speaker001:] and I have to admit that we just moved to Plano recently and that I hadn't voted in an election yet and although I did go down and register and I that's the first time I've ever done that has what's been your voting experience
[speaker002:] my voting experience
[speaker001:] well do you feel like uh I mean I
[speaker002:] I I well personally I've been very diligent until recent years
[speaker001:] um-hum uh-huh
[speaker002:] when I felt my vote was absolutely kind of washed down the drain
[speaker001:] yes
[speaker002:] for the issues that you know that I felt really strong for um I think apathy has set in to a lot of people because of the way our politicians are and the way our country is being run
[speaker001:] um-hum  that's really true that's kind of the way that I have felt it I also feel guilty um not knowing and not going the extra mile myself and studying out the issues and studying out the candidates course we only have mostly the representation given in the media but um I have felt since I've been here that I haven't known what the issues were and that I because it was a new community
[speaker002:] you really do have to study to get yourself um up to par with what is truly going on and that takes a lot of research and and people today are very busy
[speaker001:] um-hum it does
[speaker002:] and uh and that is an excuse because we are we are always uh involved I know I'm heavenly involved in other things
[speaker001:] yeah um-hum
[speaker002:] and and to take time out and uh study the issues in depth would take quite a bit of time and I don't have the time to devote to that
[speaker001:] um-hum no
[speaker002:] and uh you hopefully will find that you want the candidates that are running to be honest and aboveboard and unfortunately they are not
[speaker001:] um-hum no
[speaker002:] and uh it's really a dilemma uh that we find ourselves in I believe um
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] so I kind of just have taken a back step away and uh hopefully that someone will clean up the mess that's there
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] take it it because it is a task that is to me kind of overwhelming
[speaker001:] yes and uh and uh I also feel especially in the presidential elections that uh since we're back on the old system of electoral votes and or that and that you don't necessarily your vote doesn't necessarily elect a president
[speaker002:] right they just want to see how close the electoral votes are with the public votes
[speaker001:] right and it's kind of it's awful and and it's hard to feel like one person but I know that it's important
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and I feel guilty that I haven't done that here haven't taken the time and I know that you know people can make a difference but it's hard to to face the corruption like you say and uh and to know what you're up against and it makes me feel bad that I'm glad I mean I am thankful for the uh nineteenth amendment that it gives women the right to vote and uh I'm glad that that happened
[speaker002:] yes
[speaker001:] and everything and I hope that I will become a better make a better difference in but I haven't done that so far
[speaker002:] well I know that when you're in a smaller community I live in Mesquite and uh
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] when we have uh a local election say for our mayor and so forth
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] they really uh give a lot of information in the local newspaper not in the not in the bigger city Dallas newspaper I mean they they just give it a small portion of the newspaper but the local newspaper really goes into uh quite a bit of history about the candidate
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] and uh and then they have they raise a they raise two sides and uh there's a pro and a con side and uh you can really um
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] feel comfortable in uh evaluating that uh candidate by uh that method
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] uh I feel pretty confident about the way it's put forth now I wouldn't say that about the larger cities though and the and the country uh like the presidential
[speaker001:] um-hum right
[speaker002:] uh I mean they've got people that are running that are admitted uh criminals and admitted crooks you know I'm sorry but
[speaker001:] right right
[speaker002:] I don't believe in them turning a good uh uh a new leaf
[speaker001:] um-hum
[speaker002:] unless they have the Lord that has done that to them
[speaker001:] right
[speaker002:] and uh without the Lord they can't do it
[speaker001:] yeah and it's not very likely I mean it seems like their