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Political plot twist

Elena Casillas, News reporter
October 2, 2024
A collage with Joe Biden on the left side and Kamala Harris on the Right Side The White House, and United States Senate, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The White House, and United States Senate
A collage with Joe Biden on the left side and Kamala Harris on the Right Side The White House, and United States Senate, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

It’s that time again; time to pick the next president of the United States of America! This election has been one of the most historical yet, and it’s not over!

The candidates are Joe Biden and Donald Trump. It started with an early election debate on CNN and contained discussion questions regarding the economy, taxes, immigration, and climate change. As the discussion continued, viewers noticed Joe Biden’s unusual behavior, like stumbling over his words, losing his train of thought, and overall poor performance.

This debate caused a lot of discourse among everyone in the United States. Citizens of America took many of their opinions online discussing Joe Biden’s performance and behavior in the CNN debate. Ms.Fowler from Agua Fria High School describes the whole presidential situation as a roller coaster with many ups, downs, and craziness overall.  “I just think that there are so many things we hear from word of mouth that create a perspective,” said Ms.Fowler. She also explained how important it is for people to do their research about presidential candidates since one will become the leader of the United States of America.

Vice President Kamala Harris takes her official portrait Thursday, March 4, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office.
Lawrence Jackson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (Lawrence Jackson)

Just a couple of weeks later on June 21, 2024, Joe Biden officially withdrew from the 2024 presidential election. This left the United States appalled because so many citizens heard rumors about his withdrawal but did not believe that he would follow through. Fowler states that his withdrawal allowed “him to reflect on how he wanted to spend the rest of his life and to take care of himself”.With this withdrawal, a new question sparked in the media. Who would be the latest and unknown leader to step up for the democratic party?

The leader elected to run and represent the democratic party was Kamala Harris. Kamala is an American politician, an attorney, and is the 49th vice president of the United States of America. 

Kamala Harris is the replacement candidate of the democratic party. This created someone new in the elections. Someone new for people in the independent parties to further look into. And to create more of a comparison between Donald Trump’s and Kamala Harris’ ideas for the United States of America. This presidential election has just begun its course for more ups and downs to come on this crazy ride, and we’ll learn just how it will end on November 5, 2024!

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Elena Casillas
Elena Casillas, News reporter
Elena Casillas is a 16-year-old junior news reporter at Agua Fria. Elena enjoys informing people in all different ways such as journalism and ‘broadcasting’. Elena enjoys hanging out with friends, writing, and reading. She loves her two cats, Maurice and Nugget. She despises the Arizona summer heat. This is just a short introduction to Elena Casillas.  Not many people know what they’re going to do after High School but Elena has a plan she hopes to succeed in. Elena dreams of going into any variation of filming, or broadcasting. To achieve this dream she hopes to attend ASU Cronkite. She plans to leave her comfort zone and maybe become a news broadcaster for CNN, Fox News, and any similar news channel.  Getting to know Elena, I decided to ask how her high school experience has been for her so far. She explains high school for her has been ‘like a wave’ or in other words like a roller coaster. She says she’s been ‘going with the wave’ of things throughout high school. Between Freshman and Junior year, she says how there has been a big change in her mindset; way of thinking, and maturity. She has learned how to procrastinate less and become more social. Talk to people more and become more comfortable talking to them. In becoming more social she decided to join film which she said made her feel like she truly wanted to make some change. Throughout high school, her feelings have changed in seeing how different people can consider their feelings rather than yours.  On a more serious note, though 16 years may seem like a short amount of time it can still change your perspectives on many things. I asked Elena, ‘How has your perspective changed in life/ what has changed your perspective?”.  Elena said growing up she realized how fast something can change in life. We aren’t promised the same every day. She said her having family issues showed her this, how things can change so fast without you even seeing it. Her perspective also changed in paying more attention to how you view things and how certain things can affect you and your personal or school life. In school, she's seen and got a deeper understanding of how ignorant and selfish people can be when it comes to your feelings, if it doesn’t have much to do with them they may not care as much.  Finally, I decided to ask her a fun question. “What is one thing people would be shocked to know about you?”. Elena said she is a big Marvel person. Every time she tells people they’re just a little bit shocked. Her favorite Marvel hero would have to be in between Iron Man and black widow. Elena has such a beautiful personality. If you want to get to know her, it is so worth it.
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