Elections

so, after reading susan's blog on elections i decided to post my own about the same topic. well, not many of you know but i'm running for the position of senator this year. Per grade, there are 3 senators and this year only 4 are running for these positions. One thing ive noticed is that the person who wins usually has a fun personality and makes a good entertaining speech. Basically, student elections are a popularity contest though and it doesnt matter if you say you worked ______ amount of carnival hours or are getting straight As or that you can handle the job. It all comes down to who votes for you. I think that is a bad thing about student elections because its mostly based on how many friends you have. Almost no one carefully looks at the canidates and from their speeches decides who would be the most worthy of the job. I think this needs to change and there must be other qualifications to run...idk thats just what i think...im probably just rambling on about totally irrelevant things....ok....
-alysha