Do Politics bring out the worst in people or do politics bring out the “real” in people?

Political Season……. Most of us cannot wait to see it get over! Even those who are running for office seem to anticipate the end of it. But why is that? Is it all the stress and tension wrapped up in all the many politically-based conversations taking place or is it because friends are now vying against friends for a particular office and negative comments are starting to be spread? It seems that everyone starts scrutinizing others depending on if they are Republican or Democrat and/or who they are voting for (whether locally or nationally). Candidates start speaking negatively about their fellow contenders; they are not trying to speak of their own accomplishments, but rather they have