Trump: A Vocal Presence in the Race
October 24, 2016
Although Donald J. Trump is certainly no career politician, not many are aware of the fact that he has run for president before. According to TVGuide.com, Trump considered running in the 1988 election, but did not due to financial trouble after the purchase of the Taj Mahal casino. In 2000, Trump did enter the race as a Reform Party candi- date but did not receive enough votes to advance to the presidential primaries. During the 2004 elec- tion, Donald Trump again contemplated running for president but decided against it again. After that election, Trump stayed on the political scene by en- dorsing Mitt Romney in the 2012 race. After years of contemplating joining many presidential races, Trump now finds himself a strong contender as the Republican nominee pitched against his Democrat- ic counterpart Hillary Clinton.
When Trump first entered the race for presi- dent last year, many viewed him as a mere joke that would soon be extinguished by other strong candidates both in the Republican and Demo- cratic parties. As the months passed and Trump dominated in major polls, those same individu- als began to realize that it would take consid- erable force and effort to bring “The Donald” down. Ever since September of last year, it has been a close race between Trump and Clinton. Although Clinton has fairly consistently held the lead, polls from RealClearPolitics.com indicated that Trump has only been few points behind Clinton’s lead for much of the race, though this margin has increased since the release of infor- mation showing Trump making disparaging and sexist remarks about women. Currently Trump trails Clinton by an average of 6.5 points.
Trump has succeeded in leading one of
the most historical campaigns to date due in a large part to his anti-politically correct rheto- ric. Trump speaks his mind and addresses sensitive issues that many other current poli- ticians do not. One of Trump’s most contro- versial propositions is the idea of building a wall on the Mexican border in order to reduce the amount of undocumented immigrants that enter the United States of America from Mexico every year. Trump and his campaign, along with his supporters, argue that these il- legal immigrants are detrimental to the US economy because they are stealing American jobs and not paying federal taxes. Trump also plans to abolish Obamacare, ban abortion under certain situations, and protect Second Amendment gun rights.