Thirty minutes into conversing with Ohio College Republican Federation President Spencer Mandzak, I was compelled to ask why he was a Republican instead of a Democrat.

After nearly three years in Washington, D.C., I found the answer to that question generally materialized within five minutes of meeting a politico.

Mandzak was different, however. He introduced himself by sharing an op-ed he'd written on the importance of curating bipartisanship online. He said that economics and foreign policy were his top political issues, and he offered no charged opinions on topics like religion or sexuality.

"You're not going to get a lot of probably interesting viewpoints from me, just because I try to stay in my lane," he responded. "But I can tell you why I'm not a Democrat."

As a high school j

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