When I chose the theme I would focus on with my Civic issue blog I knew it would be hard to stay out of the presidential election news. I have talked about other political issues, but I couldn’t stay away from talking about this specific topic. Before I start, I would like to warn that I am not a Trump supporter, and consider myself a republic, but I will try to keep this as unbiased as possible with this topic. They are calling it “The Trump Effect“. The Trump effect, from what I have read, details how Trump’s actions are going to be the cause of the destruction of the Republican party. Early on when Trump was only just starting to make his mark in the presidential election, I remember looking at my dad and telling him that a man like Trump could not be president. My dad only responded with a phrase that is now too common and that is that Trump has become the democrats’ greatest gift. This didn’t sink in until the CNN report came out about how Trump’s abortion statements that women need some sort of punishment for abortion was badly affecting his position in his party. I believe that this is very true. Trump can say all he wants about his views, and he can badmouth the other candidates, and he might still win the election despite his foul behavior; but when it comes down to it, Trump is ruining the image of the Republican party, and this will really affect his presidency and the people’s political views in the long run. The Republican party will have to work very hard to tidy a lot of the claims Trump is making, and once and if he becomes president, this sort of behavior will not be tolerated in the White House and in Congress, even if Congress has a republican majority. Or this could go another way, where Trump ruins the republican party so bad that people actually switch parties, and more democratic views are supported leading to a Congress with a democratic majority. However, by far the biggest result of the Trump Effect is the way it has been inspiring action from groups of people who might have never been interested in politics before. Whether these groups have joined the voting population to vote for Trump or not, one thing is for sure: out of the recent political elections, this one has been the most interesting and talked about. It has inspired minority groups like Latinos, younger voters and groups like that to join in the efforts of candidates, and become involved with politics. For me specifically, I never watched any of the debates, and kept my political knowledge to very basic terms. But this election has fueled so much passion in my views, and even anger and outrage caused by the Trump effect that has only furthered my beliefs and even inspired me to read more news, become more informed, and finally take part in voting. So while there is the possible issue of Trump becoming president, we can be comfortable knowing that there is more incentive to prevent some of his horrible, cruel ideas from actually becoming reality.
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Katie says
I think that your blog is quite consistent with what is happening in politics right now. I personally support the democratic party, and so I understand what your dad was saying about Trump being a blessing to the democrats. However, I’m not sure that I am actually totally liberal, but my feeling is that it is impossible for me not to be in this election because the republican candidate’s social policies are so contrary to my belief system.
ecc5222 says
I think you evaluated what is currently going on in the media well. I know it is hard to stay unbiased when talking about topics like this, but since it is a blog it is fine to put your opinion in, which you did. I think it was good that you ended by targeting the possible positive outcomes of Trump running for president. This showed that even though you may not be a Trump supporter, you still have optimism that even though he may not be the best candidate for presidency, he could be positively affecting public involvement in the election. Overall, nice job.