Always Back and Forth

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When it comes to appealing to the voters Hillary Clinton needs, she always takes one step forward and two steps back. She has used some effective and some not-so effective strategies to get the middle class vote. But when she decided to call half of the Trump supporters a “basket of deplorables” when speaking in New York for the Hillary Gala, she may have negatively affected her chances of gaining those votes. She presented her message to the audience present. It is possible she did not consider the message may reach a broader audience. Also because she was at her own rally, she may have thought she was in a safe-place to say her statement.

In a recent poll, it shows Trump losing middle-class rust belt voters to Clinton by a significant amount.  The poll shows Clinton ahead by 7 points. Although she is leading as of now in the rust belt states, if she continues to say offensive remarks about the middle class that trend may not continue especially with 56 percent of them viewing her as unfavorable. Her message seems to appeal to a narrow audience rather than the entire middle class.

One red state Clinton is trying to win over is Georgia. A democratic presidential candidate has not won the state of Georgia since Bill Clinton in 1992. Although it is a very tight race in Georgia, she may think she has a better chance in getting their votes because her husband was able to win over the voters in a normally Republican state. With the election being only a little over a week away, it will be interesting to see how the middle class votes, not just in Georgia, but everywhere.

One thought on “Always Back and Forth

  1. I agree with you, Hillary Clinton’s campaign seems to get ahead then something always sets them back to where they are on an even playing field. With the October surprises coming out in full force, it seems that almost any Democratic candidate could defeat Donald Trump and virtually any Republican candidate could beat Hillary Clinton. One area where she is still hurting is her appeal to the ‘average American.’ I think it comes down to her rhetoric and as you mentioned, if she insults a large number of voters, she won’t come out on top.

    Hillary Clinton has managed to make her failures not seem as damaging compared to Trump’s, but she still hasn’t been able to overcome the barrier of connecting with the voter, particularly the middle-class voter. Voters may come out election day and vote for who they like least and vote ‘against’ the other candidate rather than ‘for’ one. If Clinton wants to change her perception and image in the next eleven days, she needs to appear ‘real’ to middle-class and working-class people.

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