Saturday

This morning was a rough one, I woke up feeling little sick. Possibly just because I was tired but I knew I had to put on more layers today because I checked the radar and it said it was -3! I have never been in snow prior to our New Hampshire trip and was freezing with the 30 degree weather so I was so nervous to experience negative weather. After breakfast we departed to our internships. This was a day of going door to door which was even more nerve racking to me, I get to do this in the freezing weather. We met with Louis and did some work at a Dunkin’ Donuts for a few hours then headed to the doors. We were a little more prepared this time, stuffing our shoes with heat pads which I’m was the most valuable thing I discovered while I was in this state. Also putting them in our gloves however they don’t work as good because they don’t really keep the fingers that warm. Next our boss Louis dropped us off with a friend and he took us to ward 6 to do meet with some people face to face. Face to face communication is the best way to get to voters, changing/persuading people increases likelihood of about 6 percent. It was much colder today than it was when he did it before. We didn’t last very long, even our boss who lives here said no let’s just go back. We had to get picked up about 4 in order for us to attend a democratic gala dinner which i was excited for. We stopped at a Dunkin’ Donuts to wait for our teacher JSM to arrive. We got in the van and left to Manchester to the SNHU center for the dinner. This is also the place we will be at on Monday for the President Trumps rally. When we were inside we were suppose to sit with the candidate we supported however not aligning with any of them I choose to sit at the Deval Patrick section since it was empty. One of the workers told me I could sit anywhere I wanted which is why I was angry to here a Deval employee tell me I couldn’t sit there. He said he reserved the seats which was a lie according to the stadium employee. So I left and sat in the Mayor Pete section since it was closest to the stage. While I was seated I met a man who was happy to see a college student at an event like this. We talked for a while and he eventually asked me who I was voting for. I told him and he did not get upset like usual however he asked me policy questions and concerns he had. We talked very professionally and it was really refreshing. A few others joined in and it was a nice educated talk. I even think I persuaded one of them over to the other side. The event started and Mayor Pete spoke first. He spoke about his policy ideas and visions he had for the country. It was my first time seeing a majority of the candidates. The next person to talk was Amy Klobuchar. She did pretty much the same style of speech. Next was former Vice President Joe Biden. This was really cool because I had never met a government official of such high rank as the Vice President. He didn’t really give a good speech in my opinion though. Didn’t talk much of substance which is what I am searching for. Andrew Yang came on next and gave an incredible speech. It was all substance and his ideals of how to live the country forward. The crowd wasn’t into it as much as me I think. But still out of all the people up there, I give him credit for getting his message out there. Tom Styer went on next and I was not impressed. I had seen him and Amy Klobuchar a few days prior at the youth climate town hall and they basically said the exact same speech making me feel like they are just regurgitating talking points. When Elizabeth warren took the stage, the crowd went insane, exposing in Applause. She talked about her plan for Medicare which is the cornerstone of her campaign. Though I liked her speech, the next candidate Bernie Sanders has tons more enthusiasm. Seemed to me that everything he said had a standing ovation. He talked about blaming billionaires and a broken system as well as offering college tuition and his other usual points. Seems he has been on this path for 30 years. And finally the last one and my favorite candidate in the Democratic side was Tulsi Gabbard, i don’t know why but she looks very different in person than on tv. At this point so many of the people in the stands have gone. Once she was gone I ran over to the other side and got a high five. 

Once the event started, the candidates came out to meet everyone. This is the list of the people that I thought were interesting to listen speak!

They are all amazing people and great speakers, they all talked about why they believe they should be 

Since the event is over I walked outside in hopes of finding a classmates which I did and waiting by the vans with them. Most of them were drunk. We went back to the hotel and I was starving because I didn’t eat thinking we were after. So I ordered food and went to bed. Being so late when I ate, I got sick and had to stay back on Sunday. It was a real bummer night