Humans are wired to see everything cognitively in black or white, left or right, right or wrong. But people have this incredible capacity to feel the gray area between the polarized opposites the mind contrives.

Politics illuminates this fascinating dichotomy. In every generation and administration, certain issues rise above all the others and become the center of the nation’s ideological tug of war. Conservatives tend to look at the current issues as always worse than the last generation’s. This helps them rationalize their perspective that morality is on a decline, and individual liberties are dwindling in America. Liberals tend to see present issues as absolutely more urgent for the preservation of the marginalized than ever before. This is their rationalization for their impassioned (and sometimes vitriolic) pursuit of justice.

In no particular order of importance, here are some...

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Age: 21

Political affiliation: the middle

Degree: BA in Media, Culture, and Art ; Minor in Business Administration (Class of 2014)

Occupation: Producer of Watson: The Musical, Company Manager of Firebone Theatre, Nanny, Student at The King’s College

Location: New York City

I want to write about politics. I’m a 21-year-old art student with no official political experience. But I do have personal experience.

I grew up in a conservative home in North Texas for 19 years of my life. My parents homeschooled me for the first 10 years of my education, and I went to a Christian school affiliated with a Baptist church for the last 2 years.

I believed Democrats were insane and couldn’t believe in God. If you had a tattoo, I thought you were sexy, but I couldn’t say that out loud. Alcohol was...