by Boaz Bismuth
Anyone who is following this election and getting their news from the media is already eulogizing Trump. But anyone who is the U.S., in different states, and speaking to members of the public gets the sense that everything is still wide open
Try to understand this
American election. While the talking heads are explaining that we can
all pack up and go home and hand Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton
the keys to the White House, the latest polls show increased support for
Republican candidate Donald Trump nationwide.
The various American TV
channels are telling us that Trump is already preparing his supporters
for a loss, and then suddenly, he's back with a plan for his first 100
days in office, if he wins. If anyone thought, or wanted to think, that
Trump no longer believes he'll win, this weekend reminded us that it
ain't over 'til it's over. Trump isn't giving up.
If anyone has
forgotten, the election will take place on Nov. 8. It's already begun in
some states, thanks to early voting, but it's certainly not over. Some
people want to wrap up the current election before the voters have even
had their say. The media is already explaining that the gap between the
candidates is so big that Clinton is thinking about the Democrats
re-taking the Senate and possibly doing what even President Barack Obama
couldn't do in 2012 -- win the presidency and a majority in the House
of Representatives. Clinton is taking advantage of Obama's renewed
popularity and letting him, along with First Lady Michelle Obama and
Vice President Joe Biden, take the limelight at campaign events. Clinton
herself has gone underground. She knows that she is unpopular, very
unpopular. Both candidates have reached unprecedented levels of
unpopularity in this campaign, and that's why she's depending on her
friends to win the election.
Falling into line
In the meantime, the
WikiLeaks website continues to present us with new scandals involving
Clinton, including a sum of $12 million she was promised by the king of
Morocco for giving a lecture. In the end, her husband and daughter went
to Morocco. You get the impression that even though everyone is
attacking Trump the billionaire, it's Clinton who is the millionaire of
the race, despite her attempts to paint herself as fighting for the
simple folk.
Much attention is still
being paid to what Trump said in the third debate last week, which
created the impression that he will not accept the election results
because he believes they will be fixed, and reserves the right to make a
legal appeal, which has been done in the past (although he clarified
that if the results indicated a clear victory, he would accept them.)
But despite the volley of criticism he has taken, we see that almost 70%
of Republicans are falling into line with Trump and think that if
Clinton wins, it will be the result of tampering and irregularities.
Moreover, one poll reveals that only half of Republicans will accept
Clinton as president should she win.
This is precisely the
problem with the Republican establishment: on one hand, it wants to
distance itself from Trump, claiming that he's the wayward son of the
party, but on the other it is playing with fire, because Trump is the
most popular figure among party voters. We must not forget that he is a
candidate of change, and millions of Americans want change. The media
loves to focus on the Trump scandals, but for the typical American,
Trump is seen as someone who can improve the country's economy.
No one remembers such
hatred between two presidential candidates. Even at a charity event in
New York, they kept sniping at each other, although they did shake
hands, which they did not at the last debate. Obviously, every one of
Trump's attacks garners immediate media criticism. Whereas the things
Clinton says about Trump win accolades. The media sure is balanced in
this election.
All in all, we need to
look at Trump, the man and the phenomenon. He managed to create a large
following, and he knows it. This is exactly why Trump is repeating what
he said in Las Vegas ahead of the debate: this U.S. election could be
just like Britain's Brexit vote, but "times five." In other words, the
pollsters will drop the ball and many of the young respondents will
prefer to stay home rather than exercise their right to vote.
Anyone who is following
this election and getting their news from the media is already
eulogizing Trump. But anyone who is the U.S., in different states, and
speaking to members of the public gets the sense that everything is
still wide open.
Boaz Bismuth
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=17477
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