Hello /r/hillaryclinton,

Election day eh? It's... It's been crazy to say the least.

I'm using an alternate account, but judging from the name, you can probably see the choice I'm deciding between. I've been weighing the options between Hillary Clinton & Jill Stein for the past three months {hell it might be even be five if I'm being honest...} and now it's election day, I figured I need to do what I should've done months ago. One more thing to note, I'm from Lincoln, NE and honestly... It's very much looking like the 1st congressional district is going to Trump :/... I'm very ashamed of my home state right now. At least Omaha's looking good for progressive politics. I can hang my Husker hat on Omaha.

Ima probably just let Reddit decide for me. Well rather than let Reddit decide for me, let Reddit clear up the red flags that I've been seeing in each candidate, and hopefully have them sell me one way or the other.

So that's why I'd like to start off with the positive, and why I'm considering Hillary, and then go into the concerns that I have about Hillary, and... Well God I couldn't tell you all enough how much I would appreciate your answers. I really can't.

So the positives about Hillary:

In a nutshell, I personally feel that Hillary Clinton is going to give us 4-8 years of more Barack Obama for better or for worse. As a guy who has been a democrat his entire life, I've gotta say I like most of what Obama's administration has brought the United States. I really do. Along with that, Hillary is by far the most articulate and presidential figure in the election, her stances on domestic policies look to continue to build upon the groundwork that Obama's administration has laid down, and frankly, it's looking like a vote for Jill Stein is starting to reek of a "white savior" complex.

So let me try to explain on those three points: Starting off with the presidential...ness, It really is a pleasure to see and hear Hillary speak. I definitely have to say that Hillary is much more well-spoken than Jill, with her constant "umms" and pausing in the middle of every sentence, Hillary's a better public speaker and it's not even in the same ballpark. Well to be fair, if we're talking solely about public speaking, Hillary is in the MLB, Jill is in the AAA, and Trump & Gary Johnson are banned from the game entirely. So that just makes me feel that Hillary would be a much better representative and ambassador of the United States than those three. There's not too much else to say here, except I'll add in the fact that Tim Kaine's speech entirely in Spanish just blew my mind! As someone with a Spanish minor... That kind of fluency is what I'm dreaming about!

Now for the most substantive part of Hillary's positives: Most of her domestic policy. Like I said, there's a ton to like about Hillary here, and working to make college more affordable, the continued defense of the civil rights of Gender Sexual Minorities, and a commitment to continue the economics of the Obama administration that just about has the deficit {not the debt} down to zero! (Is the deficit about zero now? I'm not sure) That and the job growth in this country compared to what we were at after Bush left office is just simple undeniable proof that Democrats are more effective at domestic economics than the Republicans {It's probably pretty bad that I'm so biased against conservatives, but... Holy fucking shit, you've seen who they're trotting out for president... Fuck Trump; Fuck Johnson... {McMullin's bad but somewhat acceptable}).

I was able to attend a Hillary rally in Omaha this summer, and one of the issues she talked about truly hit home with me in a way that no other candidate ever talked about. She talked about the very real issue small businesses face when they try and complete a job for a big company/corporation; that is, when they complete a job for the big company, the big company refuses to pay and threatens to take the little guy to legal hell for months on end. Most of the time the small business can't sustain that, and ulimately are forced to give in. This has forced my brother-in-law to have tens of thousands of dollars in revenue delayed for months, and my uncle to close down his painting business that he's had for 20+ years! My uncle's story is the most heart-breaking. He was set to complete a job for Nebraskaland National Bank {I want that fucking company to get blacklisted!}. NNB had the biggest, most prominent, and most eye-catching building in all of downtown in our little town, and it was going to be a job that netted my uncle's business over $35,000 in revenue. Unfortunately due to the scale of the job, my uncle had to divert just about all of the company's resources to the job. Well when it was complete, NNB decided to threaten to take my Uncle to legal hell and suddenly my uncle was out $35,000+... He's a cook at the local airport now, and his painting business is nothing but a distant memory.

So Hillary's got that special connection with me. Barack didn't have that. Jill doesn't have that, and hell not even Bernie had that. And God knows Donald probably would be more than happy to shake hands and have lunch with the scumbag from Nebraskaland, while Gary would just say "Free hand of market bruh..." So as Hillary said, "We're going to make them pay!". And frankly, I'm also confident that with her lawyer background, she's got the know-how to follow through with it.

And to wrap up the Hillary positives, I'm starting to really feel guilty about considering Jill. I like Jill because I like her speaking out against the militarization of the US Police force, and I like her standing up against DAPL, and ultimately her outreach to the Latinx community but there's one little tiny thing that's making me feel pretty dang guilty about voting for Jill. The reason I like those is because I feel it helps out communities in our country that are facing oppression. However, the minority friends I know in real life are overwhelmingly in favor of Hillary Clinton. So seeing their support for Hillary, and self-reflecting on parts of why I support Jill makes me feel like I'm suffering from the white savior complex bad. So seeing their support for Hillary, it's really beginning to feel like the moral choice is for Hillary in this case if I look at it through that lens.

And finally I'll end the positives for Hillary with this one fact. Sweet Jesus how fucking good is it going to feel when Hillary beats that alt-right Cheeto into a God damn pulp? It would be perfect! Donald Trump is the living embodiment of the hatred, prejudice, and blistering blackness of our country. He is the voice of the alt-right, he is the voice of the KKK, and he is the voice of white supremacy. So to send a vote to the first woman president and overwhelmingly reject that hatred and depravity is such a surreal and positive thought that I can't do it justice in words. (Post continued in the comments, actually scratch that I've gotta wait 9 minutes to post the concerns I have with Hillary.)