Jasmine Farrar's Road to the White House 2024

  Shirt: Calvin Klein Pants: My mom's closet Shoes:Marshalls

 Today we went and saw Nikki Haley AGAIN!! We stood in a line in the cold for 30 minutes it was pretty frigid, but it was worth it. We even got some cute Instagram pictures for our personal accounts.  Me with Emma(not pictured us freezing) We got to see a live-action news casting and it was such a cool experience I was mesmerized by the tall camera that swung above us. Definitely interesting to see Haley when the camera was on versus when it was off. John Roberts was the reporter and we got a picture with him at the end! 

Our Democratic and Haley interns collided again at the Nikki Haley event in Irma. We all had the opportunity to take a picture of her and ended up on her Instagram as well. We got merch and posters and even met her son. Her son, Nalin, was very kind and gave us insight into what it has been like following his mom on this bus tour. We all got a picture with him and even got this Villanova student to hold up a "Go Bulls" sign.                                                         Some of us were REALLY excited to meet Nalin. 

 Yesterday we met with the Aiken County Democrats and discussed with them the demographics and voter turnout in Aiken County. Soon after we went to the Black History Month Parade. My classmates Steven and Nathan were able to join in and another group got interviewed by the local news channel.                                                      Aiken was such a quaint town with a Hallmar-like appearance. It was nice to see a different landscape than that of Florida. Following our meeting, my group went to Kroger, or the North's version of Pulbix, on our trip to see Nikki Haley's event.

 The trip to South Carolina was nearly 10 hours, but it felt shorter. I rode with some amazing people and arguably in the best van! We had Professor JSM listen to some great music AKA Bonfire by Childish Gambino.  We stopped at Burger King and it was so good which is shocking as I had not had Burger King in a while. JSM absolutely killed her parking job... After a long trip, we finally arrived at our hotel. We all crashed fast asleep soon after.

 Hey!  If you haven't already seen the massive header with my name on it my name is Jasmine.                            There's me with my cat baby, Moo ❤  I am a political science major with a double minor in history and criminology at the University of South Florida at St.Petersburg. I love my cat and watching Netflix, but if I am not relaxing I am pretty academically driven and find some enjoyment in my schoolwork. I have aspirations for law school and hope to be somewhere in the criminal justice field. 

  I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. -Robert Frost Perhaps when most people, or I should specify non-politically interested individuals, hear about a Road to the White House Class I'm sure it was not something that sounded attractive. While I would fall into that category I thought "why not?" I mean I need it for my degree anyways. However, as I have started my journey in this class I have noticed that the connections among peers that I am fostering are something so exciting. This opportunity is one that I am glad I did not overlook as I get to grow my network of future job relations, but also friends. Oh, and it's also good to mention that I will gain some hands-on experience in my major field and learn a little bit about the inner workings of the United States electoral system.  Regardless of how you got to this blog hope you en...