All of Kaua’i was a winner in yesterday’s primary election, not just the candidates who got enough votes to move on to the general election in November.Some cynics consider elections nothing more than political beauty contests, in which voteseekers put
All of Kaua’i was a winner in yesterday’s primary election, not just the
candidates who got enough votes to move on to the general election in
November.Some cynics consider elections nothing more than political
beauty contests, in which voteseekers put on their best faces in hope of
impressing the “judges,” aka the voters. But that’s a bitter, unproductive
attitude that does no one any good.
What actually counts is the fact that
elections and the accompanying campaigns are the underpinning of our system of
government. Love ’em or hate ’em, elections are the golden opportunities for
citizens to endorse or revamp their leadership. There’s no better way to stand
up and be counted. Whether the decision is who will anchor the Kaua’i County
Council or who will occupy the White House, a vote is a precious and powerful
cog in American democracy. Those who put it to good use yesterday were winners,
as were all the rest of us who will continue to reap what the ballot box
sows.
