Reject the two-party system with a vote for RFK Jr.

In the past few weeks, I have heard several people complain about the two-party political system and how it leaves us with a lack of options in the presidential election. While I have been feeling this way for years, the recent conversation seems to follow the poor performances from both President Biden and former-President Trump at the recent debate. Then, with the violence this weekend, it is more obvious then ever that the two-party system will only continue to produce candidates we don’t want and violence we must all denounce.

The two parties will never give us what we want unless we prove that we can vote for someone else. If there is no risk of losing our votes, why would they change?

This election is the perfect time to prove that voters will vote for an independent candidate like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This is our opportunity to declare our independence from the two-party system that has had control of our lives for far too long.

In this election, we need to show the political power structure that we don’t have to support the lesser of two evils. Instead, we can vote for a candidate that wants to heal the nation, bring people together, and end the cycle of violence that has become all too common in American politics.

We can create change. But first, we must decide to do something new and refuse to accept what we have been forced to take in the past.

Austin Harrington

Des Moines