The question of why Donald Trump became president is not an easy, simplistic, or even trivial answer. Rather it involves a “series of unfortunate events” a bad candidate, economic strife, and over confidence. I think the elephant in the room, and largely the cause of Clintons demise was the awful handling of the primary on behalf of the Democratic party. Clinton was the establishment candidate and everyone knew it, she wasn’t expecting any opposition, especially not someone like Sanders. Bernie Sanders had an almost ‘Obama” like following in the youth and marginalized groups who felt that Hillary Clinton was just a pawn of the establishment who meant more of the same. In actuality, they really weren’t far off, as it was reviled in the WikiLeaks dumb a few days before the convention the Democratic party was actively working to take down Sanders. This fact infuriated Sanders supporters who were almost being forced to vote for Clinton at that point. The democratic party tried to push a “stronger together” approach to bring together the Obama coalition and the youth who connected with Sanders. A lot of them weren’t really democrats themselves but rather independents who …show more content…
We had a handful of email dumps from not only the DNC but high up Clinton campaign officials like John Podesta. The information revealed from the DNC just days before the convention caused widespread humiliation as Debbie Wasserman Schultz had to step down before the convention, showing widespread fragmentation in the party. This divided feeling was only emphasized when the dump showed the democratic party was actively working against Sanders, Donna Brazile went so far as to give Clinton debate questions ahead of time. This obvious and blatant bias for the establishment candidate made so many democrats feel betrayed especially thoughts who supported Sanders. It was also timed perfectly to take the wind out of the
The Watergate scandal was a memorable moment in American politics, which later led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon and the indictment of a few of his advisers. The scandal got its name because it occurred at the Watergate hotel at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C, where the 1972 break-ins at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters were. Without the help of Deep Throat, who was later revealed as W. Mark Felt, there might
Many blame President Herbert Hoover as the cause of this. And because of this blame there was a political realignment in 1932 to vote Herbert Hoover out of the president chair. This succeeded, and in 1933 the new president of United States was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Before the revoting of President Herbert Hoover there was the beginning of the depression.
Throughout the 1960s and 70s, the United States was experiencing disorder and hysteria as domestic and foreign issues; created stress and tension within the nation. In the late 1960s, when Richard Nixon was running for president, the nation saw the death of two influential people, Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, brother of John F. Kennedy. Following the death of King, race riots broke out across the country. To add to the anger and tension, many students and young Americans began to protest the war in Vietnam. Nixon promised to restore order to the country if he were to be elected. Unfortunately for Nixon, the Democrats, who had control of both sides of Congress, were prepared to block many of Nixon’s initiatives. Thus, CREEP (the committee to re-elect the president) began its corrupt path towards getting Nixon into office, even going as far as to break into the Democratic Party's National Committee headquarters located in the Watergate office in the nation’s capital ("Watergate: The Scandal That Brought Down Richard Nixon"). The Watergate scandal, which led to the first resignation of a United States President, changed the political landscape of the nation through its impact on Americans' trust in the government and its employees, its effect on government ethics, and its influence on journalism and the rise in investigative reporting.
That one scandal is the Monica Lewinsky Scandal. The ratings of Bill Clinton plummeted drastically once this gut wrenching news hit the media. The highest rating was 73% while the lowest was 37%. His approval ratings and disapproval ratings were clearly affected in 1998 by this scandal. Approval rating of rating of 65% and a disapprove rating of 31%. (Holloway) People were already on edge when starting his presidency by holding too few meetings and being out right rude to reports speaking with aggression. “Bill Clinton started off negatively with his presidency by holding too few press conferences, allowing himself to be criticized for such things as $200 haircuts that held up airline traffic (a story later admitted by reporters to be false), and displaying anger toward critical reporters.”
The Democratic Primaries were more competitive than the Republican Primaries. There were five strong candidates heading into the primaries; Senator Gary Hart (D-CO), Congressman Richard Gephardt (D-MO), Senator Al Gore (D-TN), Jesse Jackson, and Governor Michael Dukakis (D-MA). Senator Gary Hart started the primary season as the favorite of many of the party leaders and the Democratic public as a whole. Suspicions of extramarital affairs dogged the Hart camp to the point in which Hart had to address the rumors. Hart challenged the media to investigate him, thinking that they would not pick up t...
During the election process the American economy was in shambles and in need of utter repair. Inflation was sky rocketing as a result the value of the dollar went down. Taxes were high and overwhelming to many Americans. This was the main driving force to his success in the elections. He started his presidency by cutting taxes. This was then followed by eliminating many of the restrictions on how products
How did you feel about Theodore Roosevelt as a president? Did Theodore Roosevelt tenure become successful or become a failure? Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States of America. Roosevelt showed respect and honesty towards other people around him. He confronted struggles between management and business. Everyone seemed to trust Theodore Roosevelt throughout his presidential years. Theodore strived for the best while being president for two constant terms. Theodore Roosevelt cared about how things turned out and wanted to make sure that everything went as smoothly as possible. Roosevelt showed dedication towards what he believed in while being respectful to the actions it may cost in the long run. While being in office, Roosevelt had some tough situations to solve. President Roosevelt accomplished several things throughout his presidency. Theodore Roosevelt has showed passion, devotion, and sincerity towards the people.
The Democratic National Committee requested the Federal Bureau of Investigation to open an investigation on the break-in, which led to the indictment of Richard Nixon’s White House aide...
... American voters wanted someone that would directly benefit them, and they found it in Clinton. We see a lot of similarities in today's campaign for the presidency. Al Gore vows to keep the economy running strong.
After seeing that a government under the Articles of Confederation clearly wouldn’t work, government officials ratified the Constitution. In this new government, George Washington was chosen as the first president. Washington new that he faced many hard tasks and that whatever he did would set a precedent. Congress set up three departments and two offices within the executive branch. Washington chose leading political figures to head them. He picked Thomas Jefferson to head the State Department, which handles relations with other nations. He named Alexander Hamilton to manage the nation's money at the Department of the Treasury. Henry Knox was the choice to look after the nation's defense as the secretary of the Department of War. To address
Is Donald J. Trump the cause, or the effect? Many politicians agree with Shelby Steele’s point of view which states, “Donald Trump is not the cause, he is the effect.” I believe Trumps election was the effect, of an endless list of political and economic disasters; hence making the political and economic disasters the cause.
The Life and Legacy of Donald Trump Donald John Trump was born in Queens, New York on June 14, 1946 (Ask Men 3). The fourth child of Fred and Mary-Anne Trump, Donald was born into wealth and prosperity. His family operated a profitable New York real estate developing company, specializing in middle-income housing, Elizabeth Trump & Sons (Biography 2). Trump was an energetic child and was sent to military school during his teen years to learn to disciple (Ask Men 5). He succeeded at The New York Military Academy and became a star student, football, baseball, and soccer player (Encyclopedia of World Biography 2).
Donald Trump is a successful businessman who has accomplished more than most people could ever dream of. He started in the real estate business and has his own university, appeared on a T.V. show, is a billionaire, has many golf resorts, and is the president of the United States. He is criticized for many of his comments and political views. Some of these views are him wanting to build a wall to protect the United States from illegal immigrants and drugs, wanting to replace The Affordable Care Act, and banning people from Muslim countries to keep out terrorists. Although Donald Trump is often viewed as a controversial figure, he benefitted the United States of America by improving and creating jobs, proving that non-establishment politicians can still win the presidency, and by making America safer.
As a result of extreme hard work and perseverance followed by an unmatchable drive to succeed, Donald J. Trump has earned the right to be known as a multi-billionaire, real estate icon, and President of the United States of America. Reflecting on his life, he has faced many challenges and overcame them all. To understand how he rose to success and his journey to the top of the kingpin, it is important to recognize how he saw the American dream and pursued it. Today, many recognize him as the president, but very few can fully grasp all that he has done in his life. From his start as a real estate mogul, to his impact on the media, there are many questions as to how he became so recognizable today.
A year before the election of 1972, President Nixon was becoming nervous about what the Deomocrats were planning on for the election. Nixon wanted to be re-elected but he did not think he could become re-elected without some sort of help. Nixon decided to send a group of spies to investigate what was going on at the Democrat Headquarters to see if they had any plans on how they were going to bring down Nixon. Supposedly hired by Nixon, a group of five men went to the Watergate hotel and stole some documents. Unsatisfied with what they found, they returned three weeks later intending to fix wiretaps that were not working and photograph documents. However while they were inside the building these fiv...