Every election there are groups of people and areas that get a great deal of attention. Swing states like Pennsylvania are always popular topics in the news and with recent events in mind so have how several minority groups will vote. All of this is important, but what about the voters you don’t hear about? Voters who hesitate to vote maybe because they don’t indentify with one party or another, or because where they are living makes voting more difficult.
The individual I wish to profile is Darcey Lehamn, 20, who is currently living in Milan, Italy. I wish to profile her as she goes through the voting process as an absentee voter, from registaring to vote, to figuring out who to vote for. Lehman makes for an interesting subject for this profile for several reasons. She didn’t vote in the primary because she felt no candidate accurately supported her beliefs at the time. She is someone who more closely aligns with liberals on social and human rights based policies, yet is more conservative on fiscal policy. This can (and has) alienated her from the political process.
My objective is to follow her journey as she navigates both how to vote and who she wants to vote for in the last weeks of the election season.