The makings of our voting universe

If you are like me, a political enthusiast of sorts, you probably have not missed any of the political debates that have taken place in the last few weeks, just as you might have followed the overwhelming blitzkrieg of national polls with last-minute details on how candidates are doing in their presidential races. By now, I am almost sure, you have a pretty good idea of who you would like to be the next president of the United States, and, then again, you may not – arguably choosing the president of the most powerful nation in the world, is, in fact, a solemn and austere responsibility we have all been charged with as an integral part of that idyllic system of government, we have come to know as “democracy” and/or the democratic system, nobly willed to us by our forefathers – a system that has been unswervingly protected over time by freedom-loving Americans; one worthy of all the blood spilled as a martyrdom to preserve and defend the values and principles over which this nation was first forged.