The Future Of America's Relationship With Presidents

Trump must fight the urge to cry "Look how well I did in the African American community during the primaries" It's nothing but drivel spoken only to puff up Trumps own ego. If trump fights off the urge to tout his own "greatness," and on national TV during his acceptance speech puts forth REAL, honest proposals that are designed to help black lives he can start the process of having blacks remove the democrat blinders that they have worn for

In a 1980 debate against Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan touched upon a core concern of the American electorate by asking one question: “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” (Healey and Lenz 2014). Political scientists have long debated what sways voters in presidential elections, and whether a candidate’s campaign and personality can transcend the economic fundamentals that face the nation. Although a slew of statistical studies and literature argue on both sides of this debate, a historical analysis demonstrates that economic fundamentals drive general election results. A range of studies show that the electorate responds to economic performance, although voters’ measures of economic well-being tend not to be simple summary figures like GDP growth over four years. The economy impacts the election in a more nuanced fashion. Firstly, voters tend to place a notable amount of weight upon the election year, with other periods playing less of a role in their decision making. Secondly, the metric used to evaluate economic prosperity should be a broad sweep of the voter’s perceptions, rather than a particular macroeconomic statistic. In order to match these theories with examples, we see historical incidences of incumbent parties with the odds

The election of Donald Trump exposed the depths of division in America today, and the duration of his presidency, no matter how long, will be a true test of this nation. No doubt, we are about to step onto the longest roller coaster ride of most of our lives, and none of us lined up for it. Nonetheless, this is our reality now. All that is left to do is deal with it.

On November 8, 2016 the US election took place. The two front runners, the Democratic nominee Hilary Clinton and the Republican nominee, Donald Trump went neck to neck in the presidential race. On this frightening night, millions of people watched America’s worst nightmare unfold right in front of their own eyes. Donald J. Trump the islamophobic, xenophobic, misogynistic, homophobic, sexist, racist bigot defeated Hilary Clinton and became the 45th President of the United States of America. Donald Trump shouldn’t have even been nominated to run for president.

On November 15th, 2016, in the opinion-editorial, I’m not in the Mood for ‘Unity.’ At The End of the Day, Trump’s Still a Bigot, Leonard Pitt, Jr, an acclaimed Black American liberal columnist for the Miami Herald, asserts that Donald Trump’s presidency is irreconcilable with American democratic values and that there is no unity with bigotry. Pitt challenges the conceptions Americans must “heal” and “come together” to concede to Trump’s victory in the presidential election; he establishes Trump as “fundamentally unsound, unserious, and unfit” and refuses to “cooperate in normalizing a man who stands for everything American should not.” Pitt argues that Americans must mobilize together through protest and support of activist organizations in

The U.S. Constitution gives Congress and the president various responsibilities, but there have extensive disputes about where war powers begin and the other’s ends. The U.S. Constitution permits the president to let wars happen as commander in chief while Congress has the power to claim war; in fact, to authorize hostilities at any level and fund them. Many people can agree that presidents can send U.S. troops to fight when the country is being attacked, it appears forthcoming but chief executives from both major parties often differ with Congress over their ability to let military force into other combat situations. The president’s relationship with Congress is crucial to American politics. Federalism and the Constitution represent the effort that the president and Congress need to do, which is work together for the good of America.

To all the people who are upset that the Constitutional right of protest is being used to show how unfit Donald Trump is to be President of the United States: People are protesting against his hate filled policies, and how he has instilled fear and hatred in people. Hate and fear have no place in this country, yet many Muslim women are removing their Hijabs for fear of being beaten in the streets. Immigrants who have gained the right to live in The United States by the citizenship process outlined by the Government, are scared that the rights guaranteed to them will be revoked. Women are scared for their safety. African Americans have already been called obscenities and told to go back to picking cotton. This all has happened in a matter of

As a non- white Muslim, I am a part of the group of people including women and African Americans that you have chosen to ridicule and undermine throughout your presidential campaign. Coming from Mississippi, I understand what it means to be apart of the minority. Not only was I a Muslim who attended a predominantly white high school, I was also surrounded by many of your supporters who valued your oppression towards Muslims, women, and African Americans. I, on the other hand, chose to be against you because I am one of the many recipients of your hurtful and unpleasant comments towards Muslims. However, the people around me did not appreciate my opinion, and they looked down upon it. I did not expect them to be accepting. Why would I? These were the same people that called me a terrorist. The same people that mocked “colored” people. The same people that neglected any religious beliefs not involving Christianity. They were not going to suddenly change this unaccepting behavior especially if they see a prominent figure such as yourself discriminating others too. If they see a person with high authority such as a presidential candidate act harsh towards minorities, what is going to stop them from doing the same? By focusing on themselves, the white majority who have chosen to support you and your actions have simultaneously chosen to neglect the needs of the minority. This failure to recognize the disadvantages of the minority has caused a rift in our country which has led to

November 2016 gave America its biggest political upset in decades, perhaps in the history of the nation. Donald Trump became the fifth President to lose the popular vote but somehow manage to win the presidential election. A billionaire businessman who spent most of his campaign bashing his opponents, facing allegations of sexual assault, insulting people with physical and mental handicaps, disputing allegations he was working with Russians to win the election, knocking prisoners of war because they disagreed with him, yelling about his opponent, Hillary Clinton and her alleged emails, supporting openly racist newspapers, news outlets and other organizations, and basically complaining, all of the time, no matter what was happening. He really managed to win. 2016 quite possibly held the ugliest and most upsetting presidential race in history, and will go down as such. Most of Trump’s voters were white and working class, uneducated, white men, (Thrush, White, Hughes, Ratner, Strauss, & Zeitz, 2016). His unraveled tweets, his perpetual television presence and mass rallies made him a hero to his class of voters. Now, 11 months into his Presidency, even those who voted for him avoid the news due to the continual, anxiety driven updates about which world leader our President has most recently upset. It is clear as glass Trump is affecting the moral of the entire country, Americans are more stressed in todays political climate than ever (Sifferlin, 2017) but who is really being affected by him, his administration, and his polices?

From the time he road down the golden escalator at Trump tower and announced his run for president in front of a room of paid actors, Donald Trump run for president had been treated like a joke and he became the punchline on every late night show and joke I told with my friends and family until November 8 when he was elected president, which came as a surprise to me and most of the country. This Trump upset however didn't come out of nowhere, In this article I will explain how economic inequality and anger from the white working class that propelled Trump to win the republican nomination, the demographic shifts that created anxiety amongst white voters, the voters who were secretly supporting trump, but too afraid to tell pollsters, the spread

There have been countless articles on the riots that arose right after the election. In high schools across the country, there has been chanting, vandalism that discriminate against race and ethnicity. Videos of children in the halls, yelling “build the wall”. On bathroom doors, in Minnesota High School “whites only” was written, following “TRUMP”. Even a Student in

Trump victory ‘incredible’ reads the front page of The Journal Gazette, and yes, effectively that’s the way it was. Sad was the final result of the presidential elections 2016. Ever since he announced his candidacy to become president of the Divided States of America, Donald Trump was heavily criticized and was never given credit or remote chances of winning. We were too busy criticizing his incoherencies and dumb ideas he had to become the next president of the Divided States of America. The truth of it is that we did not pay attention that, while he was working trying to enamor the voters of the people that had never participated in a presidential election, we were too busy criticizing, judging and laughing at the images that constantly showed the racial tensions and hatred prevalent in most of his political campaign rallies toward the

As a non-white Muslim, I am a part of a wide group of people including women and African Americans that you have chosen to misrepresent and ridicule throughout your presidential campaign by using negative and false information. Coming from Mississippi, I understand what it means to be a part of a minority. Attending a predominantly white high school, I was surrounded by many of your supporters who valued your oppression towards Muslims, women, and African Americans. Consequently, I disliked your pessimistic opinion towards minorities because I am one of the many recipients of your hurtful and unpleasant comments. However, I could not freely express my opinion because the majority of people surrounding me did not understand my beliefs. I did not expect these people around me in high school to be accepting. Why would I? These were the same people that called me a terrorist. The same people that mocked people of color. The same people that neglected any religious beliefs not involving Christianity. Hence, they were not going to suddenly change this unaccepting bias towards minorities, especially if these unaccepting people see a prominent figure such as yourself enforcing the same negative ideals towards African Americans, women, and Muslims. If the white majority see a person with high authority such as a presidential candidate act harsh towards minorities, what is going to stop them from doing the same? By focusing on themselves, the white majority who have chosen to support

I am afraid of a lot of things, I am a very anxious person, my mind creates fearsome things all on it’s own. Last night, after I learned of the election results, I was afraid. Not disappointed, not dissatisfied, but genuinely afraid. I didn’t watch the election closely, neither me nor my parents were eligible to vote this year. I didn’t know much about either candidates or their policies, everything I know about this election came from things I heard from my parents, my friends, and random articles that I stumbled on by accident. Mostly I heard about scandals surrounding the election, naturally. And I heard a lot about Donald Trump, the way he talked about women, Latinos, African Americans, immigrants and all other minorities made it really surprising, at least for me, that he was able to go as far as he did in the election.

President Trump had the ability to capture the votes of whites not only because of his enthusiasm and charisma but also because of his Hitler-related ideals and beliefs about minorities. He constantly demeaned minorities and spoke of them as if they are inferior. His promise to “Make America Great” captured many demographics because it meant to relive what they imagine was a better time. Trump degraded many races, ethnicities, and religions in order to gain political power. For these reasons, it is safe to say that some of Trump’s election was influenced by his tendency to speak using racial