What is your motivation for doing the things you do?  Are you trying to please a friend or family?  Have you got some eternal to-do list?  Are you trying to derive some extrinsic or intrinsic pleasure or satisfaction?

In my 60 years, I have never been aware of a candidate who has thrived upon negative attention quite as much as Donald John Trump. I have never seen a following of such a person as unwavering as we see now. My purpose of the following essay is less to analyze the personality of the man, which has been scrutinized in increasingly microscopic detail, nor to rake muck from his life and works. Rather, I will attempt to look at possible reasons for his enduring appeal, and what this might mean to us as a people.

Charlene McArthur Albarran was raised in Pocatello, Idaho.

I grew up in a household in which my mother had a PhD and worked while my father stayed home. My parents' unconventional relationship helped me to understand the importance of equality in a marriage, as well as the importance of pursuing a higher education. This upbringing encouraged me to support women's rights and gender equality.

I am a Democrat because I believe that it is our responsibility to care for this earth that God created for us.

To explain why I associate with Democrats is not a simple answer.

I was first drawn to the Democrats because they are more inclusive in their membership. 

Ty Markham is a Wayne County resident & a local seasonal business owner since 2001. 

​Steve Hartwick was born in the Missouri Ozarks, and spent the first portion of his life in Kansas City, Missouri.

A lifelong resident of Utah, Cindee currently resides in Stansbury Park with her husband and six children.