Thesis: Donald Trump if elected would make a terrible Republican candidate for president.
Sub ¶- Authoritarianism
If economic inequality is a problem, loss of traditional values is a fear, and the Hispanic vote is crucial, what explains the political rise of a twice-divorced, three times married, New York real estate man whose best-known phrase was, "You 're fired “and now makes offensive comments about Mexicans and immigrants? In a study at the University of Massachusetts, sampling of 1,800 that education, income, gender, age, ideology and religiosity had no significant bearing on a Republican voter’s preferred as a candidate. According to the study conducted by Mathew MacWilliams, “a single statistically significant variable predicts whether
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In each question the individual was asked which one of the two traits were more important in children. “Independence or respect for their elders; curiosity or good manners; self-reliance or obedience; being considerate or being well-behaved.” These questions were used to characterize people who are likely to support strong leadership, loyalty, and hierarchy. “Those who picked the second trait in each set- what experts call “authoritarianism.” That many of Trump’s supporters share this trait helps explain the success of his unconventional candidacy and suggests that his rivals will have a hard time winning over his adherents.” (Ehrenfreund). Many of Trump’s supporters share this trait and helps explain the success of Trump’s candidacy. In an interview conducted by Peggy Noonan for the Wall Street Journal she had a conversation with an old friend who is a supporter of Donald Trump. The women who she interviewed is “in her 60’s, resides in north Georgia near the Tennessee line, and lives on Social Security” ().”In 2012 she voted Republican, disappointed in Mr. Obama not from the left or the right but the center: He couldn’t make anything work or get anything done” (). When asked, “So, why trump?” she answered “He’ll get things moving. …show more content…
Conclusion
The reality is that Trump has no experience whatsoever in government, has bad financial history, is insulting, and lacks morals. He has shamefully little knowledge of the issues facing the country and the world, and a temperament extremely unsuited to the job. Trump’s popularity may simply be the product of a dangerous combination of a split two-party system and radical tactics on the campaign trail and Capitol Hill (such as shutting down the government and threatening to default on U.S. debts) that has convinced many Americans that their government is irreparably broken and corrupt. But Trump is not the answer. He’s just a distrustful manipulator playing on the very real frustrations of voters tired of a government that takes big, difficult problems and makes them unfixable. Those voters still have time to
Nicholas Kristof’s “3 Peerless Republicans for President: Trump, Carson and Fiorina”, deems the leading candidates from the Grand Old Party unfit for presidency, and the public’s fixation with them a temporary affair. Multiple previous controversies being detailed, and the use notably bleak statistics help undermine the contenders while urging voters to look elsewhere. Kristof utilizes harsh diction with a simple, yet critical tone to denounce the trio, and further his own
The upcoming presidential elections focused the conversational spotlight upon the presidential candidates. Samuelson takes an aggressive stance against Trump where he hones in on the impossible “Trumpanomics,” pointing out the contradictions that “are so obvious that they raise questions about Trump’s understanding or motives.” Before getting deep into the critical article and Samuelson’s detailed explanations on Trump’s inconsistencies with his policies, readers receive knowledge on his economic plans. Included in this article is extra information prevalent to the subject and invalidation of Trump’s proposals making the flow of logic easy to follow without having prior knowledge which allows for a wider range of targeted audiences. A diverse
In this article, “That Seventh Grade Bully is Running for President” (2016), Nicholas Kristof implies strong feelings toward Donald Trump, emphasizing a few of the many poor qualities he has. Kristof supports these claims by using several anecdotes, a subtle shift, and satire. He explains why Donald Trump is immature and is not fit to be president, considering the fact that he is very inexperienced which can be proven by his irrelevant verbal outbursts. This article is pointed towards us, as citizens who have the freedom to vote, to look at the facts and the qualities of the candidates to make the best choice.
O’Reily then describes some of the situations Donald Trump supporters face, such as being labeled as “xenophobic, racist, and downright deplorable” and being mocked by “pollsters” unspoken ridicule. O’Reily concedes that although the scenario is slightly embellished, much of the events described have played out over the past year and that the purpose of the scenario was to introduce why a trump supporter may not want to admit who their preferred candidate is. Another strategy O’Reily implements in his article is the use of informal writing. Informal writing is used throughout the article in a witty and oftentimes comedic or sarcastic way.
The 45th Presidential Election Throughout the past few months, the 45th presidential election has been in full swing as the news, social media, and various people of all ages and beliefs are speaking out about who they believe the next president, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, should be. Governor Mike Pence of Indiana, who is 57 years old and grew up on a cornfield in Southern Indiana, has recently accepted to be Donald Trump’s running mate. While speaking to the country at the Republican National Convention, Pence provides comparisons and statistics about Trump and himself, in order to persuade his audience to vote for the Republican candidate. In his Vice President Acceptance Address, Governor Mike Pence uses metaphors and ethos to verify
The majority of young adults don’t vote. They believe various issues covered in national elections aren’t matters college aged students generally worry about. Campaign committees are consistently trying to reach these non-voters. To achieve this, they need to target the right audience, present a winning message and include the key idea. During the analysis of Ted Cruz’s speech at Liberty University, the campaign committee used strategic setting, illustrated the American Dream and appealed to Christian values to successfully influence their audience to follow Ted Cruz in his run for president.
The Clintons’ image as one of the most powerful couples in American history was shattered, as their marriage was now tenuous and loveless. Hillary Clinton was highly criticized for staying with Bill even after he was so unfaithful. This backlash intensified when she, on top of remaining in this unhappy marriage, defended the President, stating that his affair with Lewinsky was not “an abuse of power” because “she was an adult” (Powell). Her statements of support provided an easy attack point for her opponents, even more than 20 years later during the 2016 Election. In 2015, for example, Trump’s response to allegations of sexism against Hillary Clinton and other female candidates was to describe Bill Clinton as “one of the great abusers in the world.”
The events and statistical data of previous presidential campaign provides context to the time when Trump became involved in politics. As the white felt left out due to past presidency, he was able to win the support of people who had similar beliefs like him. Coates quotes Trump "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I would not lose any voters. "
Trump is the monster the GOP made. When you endorse conspiracies like the birther movement, spread lies, and play into people's fears, you get
In many national or even local events theoretical perspectives can be seen. The perspectives are structured functionalism, social conflict, and symbolic interactionalism. Each of these theoretical perspectives are the things that shape how societies and the world function. While watching the “State of the Union Address” given by President Donald Trump, the perspective become prevalent and can be easily observed. The first of the three theoretical perspectives are structured functionalism.
Donald Trump being able to run for our future presidency, is unfair in a way because he has no future strategy that will help us as a whole. I’ve yet heard anything that this man is going to enhance anything, I feel all of his campaign’s have just been for the media and or publicity to help his ratings, maybe some people feel since he’s rich they bandwagon with kicking the immigrants out for taking jobs, I strongly feel some people do not get the job because they don’t qualify or have enough experience for that particular position not because all of the mexican's took the jobs. He’s wealthy, I feel that he’s bored and sometimes rich people seek for attention because they have nothing else to do, money is not a problem to them so they like
Donald Trump has risen to a high popularity among likely Republican voters, just this past week a poll conducted by Rasmussen reported that 58% of Republicans believe that he will become the 2016 nominee (Trump’s Change). Trump’s initial popularity revolved around his statements regarding immigration; however, I believe the immigration part of the statement is not what is fueling his campaign. Trump is continuing to be popular because he is very honest about the issues and what he would do if he becomes the next president. Trump has very bold plans that most candidates would be terrified to put forward. For example, Trump made it very clear that he would build a literal wall between the United States and Mexico and make them pay for it.
(Briggs 1). Trump generalizes several times throughout his ‘claim’ basing ideas upon opinion than on facts. This may have discredited him in some people’s view and may have caused his opposing candidate, Hillary Clinton, to receive more of the popular votes. Speaking before he thinks appears to be a frequent characteristic of Mr. Trump. If his statements had been based on facts rather than opinions, he may have had a better chance of getting the popular vote.
Immigration is already a top issue in the 2016 presidential race, as it was in the previous election cycles. In 2012, harsh rhetoric dramatically affected the Republican Party’s appeal with Hispanic and Asian voters. In a result, the Republican lost over seventy percent of that vote in the presidential race. Looking toward the 2016 election, Trumph’s immigration rhetoric leaves Latino Population feeling disenfranchised. Of course, Trump is not the only Republican candidate who has been spouting anti-immigrant rhetoric, but he has been one of the most vocal and vitriolic.
In my paper, I will analyse Donald Trump’s political activities before and after the election to get an objective viewpoint of America’s President. We’ll start off with the history of Trump, both personal and political, to see whether there was some sort of significant development over the years indicating a tendency towards ‘good or evil’. Next, we will take a look at what Donald Trump promised to do – the wall, lowering taxes and repealing Obamacare to name a few – and evaluate if he managed to keep his election pledges. This success rate is a major factor in definitively assessing Trump’s influence on America.