Issues in the Presidential Election

First of all, I think the most important aspect of this election is that everyone who is capable takes the opportunity to vote. If you are a legal adult citizen in America, you need to exercise your right to vote. People that don't use this opportunity to vote can't complain about anything that goes on in the government over the next 4 years because they had the chance to voice their opinion and decided to not take advantage of it.

Concerning political issues, one that I am most concerned about is the issue of the environment. I need to know what the candidates are going to do in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. and what steps they will take to make America less dependent on oil. I am also concerned with the problem of illegal immigrants. I have no problem with people from other countries coming to America as long as they go through the process to become legal. But because they are illegal, they are taking jobs from many Americans that are unemployed and are causing legal citizens to pay higher taxes in order to cover the illegal immigrants that do not pay taxes. I also think that that whoever becomes president needs to handle the war in Iraq in a sensible way. It is not reasonable to think that we can pull all of our troops out at one time or even to set a strict date when they will come out. Doing so will just cause more chaos in Iraq. We need to withdraw gradually but not set an official date when all troops will be out.

As far as the actual candidates go, I need to feel that the person I vote for can run the country effectively and will do what they are promising to do now. I know that they will not fulfill all of their promises as most politicians do not, but as long as they try to keep their promises and do not do the complete opposite, I will be satisfied. I need to feel that I can trust the candidate and that they are generally a good person.